Trader Workstation (TWS)

TWS is a professional trading platform which provides access to more than 90 markets in Europe, Asia and America.

• Access to global financial markets at most competitive trading conditions!
• Get the best execution of your orders, by the IB's SmartRoutingTM technology!
• IB SmartRoutingSM is designed to search for the best price available at the time of your order, and to route and re-route all or parts of your order to achieve optimal execution.
• Integrated approach which makes it easy to trade global products on multiple exchanges and assets denominated in multiple currencies all from a single account!
• With PaperTrader, which allows traders to test the full range of TWS trading facilities in a simulated environment using real market conditions.
• With mobile solutions for Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Java ME, MobileTrader.

 
Awarded a 4.5-star rating by Barron's magazine in the Best for International Traders category!*

Example screenshot of Trader Workstation for illustrative purposes only

Main Advantages:

• You may trade in all financial instruments – stocks, options, futures, options on futures, ETF, warranties, indices, bonds, funds and currencies.
• Supports more than 50 types of orders and API functionality.
• Offers the following professional trading instruments:
• BookTrader 
• OptionTrader 
• BasketTrader 
• ScaleTrader algo 
• Integrated Stock Window 
• FXTrader 
• SpreadTrader 
• ChartTrader 
• Accumulate/Distribute algo

In addition, the specialised Ideal Pro application provides you with:

• A direct access to the Forex Interbank Market – i.e.: the actual quotes of the thirteen largest FX dealers worldwide.
• An ECN market structure – i.e.: should you wish so, you may select with whom to trade specifically: another trader, liquidity provider or a certain bank.
• A display which allows trading in one and the same window spot forex, forex futures, forex options, as well as stocks and bonds.

Instruments to analyse:

• Risk management - Risk Navigator 
• Comprehensive fundamental analysis
• Technical analysis – charts, news and market scanners
• Reuters Fundamentals

 Try the DEMO version of TWS first

In the Login box, fill in:
Username: pdemo
Pass: demouser

*According to Barron's Making the Right Connection - March 14, 2011, IB was awarded the highest 4.5 star rating for Best for International Traders, and 4.5 stars to qualify for the top three for Best for Frequent Traders.