New updates to the mobileTWS for Android tablet include:
Support for trading on the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) - Customers who have opened their accounts through IB India Pvt Ltd. can now trade stocks, options, futures and currency futures and options on the NSE using mobileTWS. Note that only India residents can trade stocks, currency futures and currency options. Both India residents and non-residents Indians (NRIs) can trade options and futures. To trade on the NSE you must use SSL security. The SSL checkbox is available on the login window.
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) - A new checkbox, Use SSL, has been added to the account login screen for mobileTWS for Android phones. This security feature is available in all regions that support this protocol. Checking Use SSL ensures that all information passed to and from your mobileTWS session is protected. Note that enabling this functionality may slightly impact performance depending on the capabilities of your mobile device. SSL is required before you can trade on the NSE.
Contract News - Additional support for news now includes "Contract News." Up to five news headlines related to the active contract will display on the Contract Details page below your order information. To get the next available headlines, pull down to refresh/reload.
Market Scanners - mobileTWS for Android tablet now supports market scanners. Two default market scanners are available from the left main menu panel: USActive and USgainers. Tap one of those default scanners to run it; the results appear on the left side of the screen. You can run additional scanners by tapping Scanner (with the plus sign next to it) on the left menu panel, then selecting an instrument type and a scanner type in the Create Scanner panel.
Several enhancements have been added to the mobileTWS for Android tablet interface:
With Watchlist Cloud Sharing, you no longer need to worry about adding tickers to mobileTWS so that you can trade the same contracts in all mobileTWS and desktop TWS versions. mobileTWS for Android Tablets now allows you to import Watchlist tickers that you added to TWS or mobileTWS on another device to your mobile Watchlist. Once you have enabled the latest versions of TWS and mobileTWS, you can import Watchlists to mobileTWS using the "Import" feature in Configuration. Select one or multiple Watchlists to import. To import changes to an existing Watchlist, elect to overwrite the full page, or just append new tickers to the existing Watchlist.
The Mobile Trading Assistant comprises a group of notifications that are controlled separately and that pro actively notify you when user-specified market, account, positions and order execution thresholds are crossed. Notifications occur in real time, and can be sent via email or text.
Notifications include:
To activate the Mobile Trading Assistant notifications, from the Main Menu select Mobile Trading Assistant, and use the sliders on each category to enable or disable the notification. Specify the boundary limits as needed.
You can now view Full-Screen Charts in mobileTWS for Android Tablets. To view a chart full-screen, open a chart, then tap the Full Screen button.
Several enhancements have been added to the mobileTWS for Android tablet interface. Portfolio News from the main menu will open to display the latest news headlines relating to contracts in your portfolio. Tap a headline to read the full story; press and hold headline to see a list of companies mentioned in the article with the ability to open Contract Details for each company. Scroll down to see the full 50 available news items, and tap Load More… to load the next 50 entries. Charts now allow you to add indicators, including Bollinger Bands, Exponential Moving Average, Simple Moving Average and Weighted Moving Average. We will continue to add more indicators in subsequent releases. To add a chart study, open chart configuration using the wrench icon, and click the Chart line to choose and configure a chart study. This latest release also includes ticker and account thumbnails, which are pinned to the upper right corner of the mobileTWS display. Click a thumbnail to change the data displayed.
You can now view option chains and create combination orders directly from the option chain screen. To create a combo, tap the underlying to expand the ticker, and then tap More to display the details. Tap the Options button to display option chains. Use the expiration selections along the top of the window to display the desired option chains, and tap Combo Builder to create the combo. Tap an option to add it as a leg. Specify leg parameters once the leg is in the combo builder using the drop-down arrow in each field to modify the value. Tap Done to add the combo to your Watchlist. To create an order, tap the combo to open the Order Ticket.
We are happy to introduce mobileTWS support for Android tablets. This initial release includes market data, trading and account management functionality with the following features: