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Trading

The Trader Workstation (TWS) is a robust platform which allows access to a variety of powerful trading tools. Information about all of the tools which IB offers can be found on the Trader Workstation Highlights page on the IB web site.

This section of the guide will focus on TWS basics and will show you how to:

• Subscribe to Market Data;
• Log in to TWS;
• Add Market Data Lines (ticker lines) to the TWS trading window;
• Define Allocation Groups and Methods in TWS;
• Trade and Allocate for Clients using the methods you defined;
• Monitor clients’ trade activity, positions and P&L, and account balances using our Real-time Activity Monitoring tools.

For more information

• For complete information on Trader Workstation, see the Trader Workstation Users' Guide.