ClassicTWS Quote Monitor

Instructions

There is no limit to the number of Quote Monitors you can create in TWS. You can enter as many lines of market data as you want, but at any one time you will only be able to see up to 100 active market data lines. For details, seeNotes about Market Data use.

Use the Quote Monitors to sort your assets by instrument type, exchange, or your own trading system categories. You can navigate through the tabbed pages without the mouse by using the Ctrl key along with the Page Up and Page Down keys.

To use the Quote Monitor:

  1. Right click the black "+" icon in the top left corner where the current tabs are populating.

  2. Select Quote Monitor

    The classic TWS quote monitor.

  3. This creates a page with the same positions that are displayed in the Portfolio section of the Account window. Each time you take a position, the Portfolio page is automatically updated to include market data for the new position. When you zero out a position, the market data line remains on your Portfolio page. You can remove zero position tickers from this and other pages using the right-click menu on a page and selecting Clear Zero Position Rows.

    You can also use a page-level feature called Quick Stock Entry, which will automatically complete a market data line for a stock using the set of order destinations you set up.

Additional Information

  • To detach a page, simply click the tab and drag the page away from the tabset.

  • To create a new page, click the “+” sign and select Quote Monitor

  • To delete a page, click the X.

  • To rename a page, right-click the page title and select Rename Page.

Modify the page name and other settings, add or remove market data and order fields, and insert a market data line or a blank line in your Quote Monitor using the right-click menu or the Request Ticker dialog box.

Edit a Page Name

To edit a page name:

  1. Right-click the page tab and select Rename Page.

  2. Modify the page name or assigned layout and click OK.

    Edit a page name in classic TWS

Note: The Pending page is a system page that displays all of your working orders. You cannot delete or rename the Pending page, but you can edit order parameters.

Copy Tickers to a New Page

To copy tickers to a new page:

  1. On a populated Quote Monitor, click the first ticker row you want to copy.

  2. Press and hold the shift key and click the last row you want to copy. This will select all rows including the first and last highlighted ticker rows.

  3. Use the right-click menu to select Copy.

  4. In the tabset of pages, click the “+” tab to create a new page.

  5. Enter a page name and click OK.

  6. Right-click in the top blank row of the new page and select Paste.

Edit a Page Layout

To edit a page layout:

  1. Right-click the page tab and select Layout.

  2. Modify the desired characteristics and click OK.

Note: Before you modify the page layout be aware that you are not simply changing the look of the active page, you are modifying an applied layout which may also be associated with other pages.

Insert a Market Data Line Between Two Existing Lines

To insert a Market Data line between two existing lines:

  1. Click in a market data line. The new line will be inserted ABOVE this line.

  2. Right click and select Insert Row.

Note: When you add a line, it is inserted ABOVE the selected line.

Move, Drag, and Drop a Market Data Line Up or Down on a Page

To move, drag, and drop a Market Data line up or down on a page:

  1. Select the market data line you want to move by clicking in the line.

  2. Click and hold the mouse in the selected line.

  3. Drag the selected line up or down on the page.

  4. Release the mouse to drop the line in its new position.

Delete Lines on a Quote Monitor

To delete lines on a quote monitor:

  1. Right click in the line you want to delete and select Delete Row.

  2. Alternatively, you may delete multiple rows by holding your shift key and selecting the lines you want to delete. Then right click and select Delete Rows.

    Note: The delete command does not distinguish between deleting blank lines and deleting market data lines, and does not give you a warning before it deletes your data. Be certain you have only selected the lines you want to delete. Selected lines appear highlighted in dark grey across the Trading screen.

Select Contiguous and Non-Contiguous Rows

To select contiguous and non-contiguous rows:

  1. Contiguous: Click in the first line you want to delete, hold down the Shift key, and click in the last line to select a group of contiguous rows.

  2. Non-Contiguous: Hold the Ctrl key and click each row.

Clear Data From a Row

To clear data from a row:

  1. Right click in the line you want to delete and select Clear Row.

Add a Blank Row

To add a blank row:

  1. Right click in a line and select Insert Row.

You can quickly add and remove fields from most windows by holding your mouse over the field name to invoke the insert/remove column commands.

To Add or Remove Columns from a Window

  1. Hold your mouse over a field to invoke the quick insert/remove commands.

  2. Click the “+” icon to insert a column to the left of the selected column. Pick from the drop-down picklist that appears when you click "Insert Column."

  3. Click the “x” icon to remove the selected column from the window. You can re-add it at any time.

    adding and removing columns from a window in classic TWS

You can choose not to see these icons by deselecting the feature "Quickly insert/remove columns from column headers" from the Display > Settings page in Global Configuration.

 

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