Spread Column for Positions

[timtrader]

Would it be reasonable to request that the "Spread" column be made available on the Positions tab of the Account View window?  The reason I'm asking for this is because I often exit a position by selecting the row with the position and do CTRL-T to open a Trade Ticket window.  When I do this AND set the trade as a Limit order, I'm seeing increasing cases where the trade is rejected because the Stock is one of those in that Tick Size pilot program that only trades in 5-cent increments.  If I see that the spread is 5-cents, I'll know to glance at the Level II, see every level in 5-cent increments and know its one of these stocks.

I do have the spread column on my portfolios, but that's just not where I"m looking when I want to quickly set a Limit order for a position I'm holding.

This would be helpful unless you can think of a better solution.

Thanks,
Tim

 

[Jerry Medved]

Done. will be in the update later today

[Jerry Medved]

btw, we try to take the tick increments into account when possible. Remind me - What datafeed are you using? and can you give me a couple of the symbols?

[timtrader]

Thanks for doing this!  I use IQFeed.  Symbols "DVAX" and "CALA" would be a couple of examples.  You can get the full lists from here (Download links down lower on the page):

https://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=TickPilot

Unfortunately, these get updated daily.

Thanks!
Tim

 

[Jerry Medved]

y, checked, We aren't reading the min tick size for stocks from IQFeed, but they are not sending the 0.05 tick increment anyway. Showing the spread is one way to handle.  Only other thing I can think of is if we add some user edited list for the 0.05 symbols...

[timtrader]

OK thanks for looking into this.  The spread showing 5-cents and a quick glance at the Level II window showing everything in 5-cent increments is working fine for me.  Perhaps IQFeed will add the Tick increment in the future, but they may not bother until the rule is finalized in October 2018.  I wouldn't bother with an edited list....since they update it daily it would constantly be getting out of date.

Thanks Much!
Tim