TWS Release Notes

Recognia Research Technical Indicator Scanners and Columns

New technical market scanners and columns powered by Recognia Research are now available. Recognia’s pattern recognition technology identifies technical events that have formed over days, weeks, and even months which may indicate the trends over the short-, medium- and long-term horizons. Apply technical pattern scanning with other fundamental and technical data points to find the stocks that match your specified criteria. Recognia can recognize over 60 technical events such as Head and Shoulders, Breakouts, Shooting Stars, Hammers, Gravestones, Triangles, Flags, Pennants and more.

Mosaic Market Scanner: To use in the Mosaic Market Scanners, from the Mosaic New Window drop down select Mosaic Market Scanner. Click Create new custom scan and define the Universe. In the Fields & Filters section, click Add field and select the Technical Indicators by Recognia category to apply criteria.

Advanced Market Scanner: To use in the Advanced Market Scanners, from the Mosaic New Window drop down select Advanced Market Scanner. Choose US Stocks as the Instrument, select Locations and Filters, and from the Parameters scroll to select those labeled (Recognia), for example Long Term Event Score (Recognia) or Short Term Trade (Recognia).

Columns: Add Recognia Research-based columns to any tool by holding your mouse over an existing field header and selecting Insert Column. From the Technical Indicators by Recognia category select the column to add.

You must be subscribed to the Research Essentials subscription bundle to access Recognia scans and columns. To subscribe, log into Account Management and from the Manage Account menu select Trade Configuration and then select Research.

Send Us Your Feedback

Tell us how we can serve you better. Beginning with release 964, we've made it easy for you to send suggestions and feature requests to us at IB, all of which will be reviewed by our TWS development team. Simply click the "Feedback" button from the Mosaic anchor window, or select "Provide Feedback" from the TWS help menu to send your feedback.

The feedback feature is for enhancement and feature requests only. For defect requests, please reach out to IB Client Services. Please note that this button is being rolled out gradually. If you have a request but don't yet see this button, please submit your ideas through the Interactive Brokers Features Poll.

Trades and Trade Log Windows now Linkable

Both the Mosaic Activity panel Trades window and the Classic Trade Log window can now be linked to other windows as a “Source” using windows color linking. This means that any instrument selected in these windows will be reflected in all other linked tools and windows (Destinations), but their content will not change based on instruments selected in other grouped windows. Hold your mouse over the chain link icon in the top right corner of any linked window to see whether the window is a source, destination, or both.

To link the Trades and Trade Log window to a group, click the colored chain link icon in the top right corner of the window, and from the drop-down list choose the colored group that matches the color of the windows group to which you want to link. Note that in Mosaic, you can link the Trades window to different groups in different layouts, for example you could link the window to Group 1 in the Mosaic layout, and to Group 4 in the Charts – Long Term layout.

Enable Mouse-Over Highlighting in Implied Volatility Viewer

The Implied Volatility Viewer, accessed from the New Window drop down by selecting Option Analysis > Interactive Analytics > Implied Volatility Viewer now lets enable mouse-over highlighting for the volatility curves. This feature highlights the curve that your mouse is over, making it easier to see curves that may use a lighter gradient color.

To enable mouse-over highlighting for volatility curves, click the Configuration wrench icon in the title pane, and check Highlight curves on mouse hovering.