Activity Panel

Instructions

The Mosaic Activity Panel is made up of Orders, Trades, and Trades Summary windows. Through this panel you may edit pending orders, view executed trade details, and attach an order.

The activity panel in TWS.

1 - Click the "+" button to add additional tabs just as the Trades, Summary, or Orders tab.

2 - Click this drop-down menu to select a specific account (if you have a multi-client account structure).

3 - Click the settings gear icon to add or remove columns.

The Orders tab provides a running list of all live, canceled, and/or completed orders. Use the drop-down columns to filter the orders that display.

The activity panel orders panel in TWS.

As these orders are currently pending, you may click and update the following information:

  • Action (Buy or Sell)

  • Order Type

  • Order Price

  • Quantity

  • Cancel the order

The Trade tab shows the day's trades by time and underlying. Use the drop-down columns to filter the orders that display.

The activity panel trades panel in TWS.

The Trades Summary window shows all Buys and Sells for the day, grouped by underlying.

The activity panel trade summary panel in TWS.

The orders tab will populate any current working orders. As these have not filled yet, you may right click on the order and complete the following:

  • Cancel: Cancel this working order

  • Pause Execution: Pause the execution of this trade

  • Check Margin Impact: Check the margin impact from this trade.

  • Attach: Attach a bracket order, Target Order, or Stop Order.

  • Modify: Modify the order ticket, condition, or share allocation (for multi-client account structures)

  • Fundamentals Explorer: view the fundamentals of the product you are trading

  • What If - Open a What-If Portfolio to create and fine-tune hypothetical "positions" in a risk-free environment

    The edit pending order panel in TWS.

 

Additional Resources

Learn About The Activity Panel in Trader Workstation at IBKR Campus

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