Features

• Program is free. Donations are welcome and highly appreciated. If I change my policy later on to make payment mandatory, anyone who already made a contribution will automatically continue to recieve free updates to show my appreciation of your voluntary support.
• Everything you need is in the one file you download, no installation hassle, no missing dll files, no missing OCX files, no .NET stuff, no cleaning up of Windows registry, etc. You don't even need to install the TWS API client software. All the files used by the program are created in the same directory where the program is located.
• Tested to run on Windows, Solaris and Linux (see screenshots).
• Trading Simulation. You can simulate trade during trading hours using live market data, and during off hours using collected market data (another new innovation that you find first in AutoTrader). So now you don't have to deal with the IB demo system.
• TWS Server proxy in Simulation playback mode. You now have the option to make AutoTrader work as a TWS API server when you playback your collected data. You can then start your Quotetracker or SierraChart charting software, and it will connect to AutoTrader and start receiving the tick data. The client programs would not even know the difference that they are connected to AutoTrader and not TWS. Practice your strategy and trades in the ultimate simulation package available using IB TWS.
• Collected data is stored to a zip compressed format file on the fly and is also read directly from the zip file during playback. This feature will save you lots of disk space if you collect data everyday.
• Section Panels docks and floats to separate windows. This allows you to leave only important panels open to use your screen space more efficiently.
• Uses TWS client API version 7.0.1. The program now displays Account information, Trade Executions, Open Orders (only orders originated from AutoTrader will display), and Positions are now displayed.
• Displays market depth information graphically. User has option to turn off market depth data display.
• Supports display of prices in fraction. Useful for Bond traders. Internal prices are stored to five decimal places to support prices down to 1/32.
• Open position timer. Lets you know how long your position has been open.
• Mouse Wheel Support. AutoTrader is the first program to introduce this feature. Most of the entry box values can be modified by moving the mouse pointer inside the box, and turning the mouse wheel up or down. Turn up will increase the value, turn down will decrease the value. Only when you move out the mouse pointer from the box will the new value be applied.
• Four ways to enter your data, use the mouse wheel, right click and select from a popup list selection, type in your entry using the keyboard and hit TAB, and middle click your mouse and use the KeyPad.
• Ability to add to existing position in the same direction (buy for long position, sell for short position).
• Classic Order Entry panel supports Limit, Stop, Stop Limit and Market orders with OCA.
• Breakout Entry allows you to enter a stop buy and stop sell OCA order pair by specifying the buy and sell price.
• Works with Futures, Stocks and Options.
• Supported Futures exchanges:ACE, DTB, GLOBEX, HKFE, IDEM, LIFFE, MONEP, NYMEX, SNFE, SOFFEX.
• Supported Stock and Options exchanges: SMART, EBS, IBIS, IDEM, LSE, VIRTX.
• US stocks and options use SMART order routing and hence are not subject to the order modification fee IB charges for using direct exchange orders.
• Partial fills for Position Entry are protected. If the price goes against you up to your stop offset amount, then the partial filled quantity is closed and the rest of the order is cancelled. You might think at first that you are getting a better fill, but you might actually be catching a falling knife without this feature.
• SmartTrack order tracking on markets where bid/ask spread is more than one tick.
• Uses log4j for logging messages to display and to file. Also allows logging debug information to file for additional information that you can send me when you want to report a bug.

Wednesday, April 9, 2003 8:05 AM