Interactive Brokers adds support for EU stocks order execution outside RTH
Clients of electronic trading major Interactive Brokers who trade EU stocks can now choose to have their smart-routed stock orders execute only during regular trading hours or outside of regular hours using the Fill Outside RTH toggle. Previously this feature was available for US stocks only.
When Fill Outside RTH is disabled, SmartRouting will not continue routing after regular trading hours. This feature is available across most platforms including Desktop TWS, Client Portal and IBKR Mobile, and in all available versions of these platforms.
IBKR’s proprietary SmartRouting algorithm helps support best execution by searching for the best available prices across exchanges, and continuously evaluates changing market conditions and dynamically re-routes all or part of an order, seeking immediate electronic execution.
Let’s note that the preceding version of the TWS platform shifted product-related actions in TWS to instrument time zone.
To ensure accuracy and consistency, all product-related actions in TWS, including orders and algos with start/end time, will now use the time zone of the instrument’s exchange instead of the user’s time zone. A new icon and mouse-over explanation will display in areas where the instrument time zone is used.
In build 10.17 of the TWS platform, Funds data points now support ETFs.
The existing 150+ data points in the Funds categories of window columns now populate ETF data lines as well as Mutual Funds. To add these data points to a window or tool (Watchlist, Portfolio etc) hold your mouse over an existing field, select Insert Column from the pop-up command, then scroll to the Funds categories. Use the > to expand a category and select a field.