I've been using TWS, and I find it quite buggy. Often the Volume Histogram malfunctions forcing me to reload the chart, sometimes charts stop updating and I need to reload the chart in order to make them update. Sometimes, seemingly at random, it will hog a ton of system resources for no apparent reason.

In your experience, are the other platforms more or less buggy than TWS? If less, then which are the most solid/least buggy?

You know how it is, the major features listed in the brochure matter, but it's the little things that matter most.. If the software is buggy/implemented poorly, then it's probably better to stick w/ a less full featured but better implemented alternative.

Thanks, Any info is much appreciated

-Max

Hi, I use the TWS to enter orders.

I use it mainly for options. I had never had any bugs using the ordering platform.

You shouldn't use charting in TWS. Use ninjatrader with Esignal or something if you really want good charting.

TWS is almost always buggy. Should only be used for order entry. Better softwares out there for sure. Ninja Trader, TradingView, etc

Quarry 

TWS is almost always buggy. Should only be used for order entry. Better softwares out there for sure. Ninja Trader, TradingView, etc

I mean ... do they still have their clock set on 01.01.1888, or is it still perceived common practice nowadays that a piece of software to be kept solid, it has to be restarted daily ... not sure I get it with this company (IB Gateway forces you to do daily restarts/logoffs) ... do they use assembler to code the program and afraid of memory leakage, what's the reason?

My question is another one: given the "state of the matter at hand", why do people still say IBKR is one of the best brokers out there to connect with Ninja / Multicharts (or even Ami / gridiron leagues) - you ask them, they'd all say "yes, IBKR is the way to go" ... it escapes me.