how to download ib trader workstation for mac

I think DAS is much better for day trading. I have Windows laptop, but for desktop, for some reason, I only have a iMac. But to be honest, I think day trader should buy a windows computer. To use DAS in MAC, you have to either use Parallel, or Vmware Fusion. Just like other people, I also made mistake on the account once. I just switch to DAS less than one month. You will never make mistake on switching between DEMO and live account. TWS has a completely different login for DEMO account. DAS does not have good UI, but it's really lightweight, and fast.Ĥ. In my opinion, TWS chart is prettier than DAS. In DAS, you have to save it first, and load other chart. You draw a horizontal line, it will also appear in other chart if you switch to the same symbol. The chart trend line is also synced per symbol. In DAS, you have to input one watch list by one.Ģ. Every time you input a symbol in a watchlist, all other watchlist is updated. This is very bothering to draw level before the market open.ġ. It does not have price marker (YY high low, Y high low, etc.). I don't know if it's caused by the same issue as market depth trader, it's really annoying.ĥ. TWS sometimes has random number in the Times and Sales window. Every time I switch from 5 minute to daily, or other timeframe, it's very inconvenient.Ĥ. Besides, TWS does not have hotkey for chart and other feature. This is very useful feature to scale out your trade. TWS has hotkey, but it does not have hotkey for selling or covering a certain portion of your position. Currently, I have 7 montages in my PC, if I want to have the same number in TWS, it will cost more than DAS.ģ. They have a formula to calculate how many market depth trader you can open by default based on your monthly commission. If you want to open more, you need to buy the data boost package. Although the data subscription is much cheaper than DAS, by default you can only open 3 market depth trader (level 2, just like Montage). I used MAC, it regularly froze during the premarket.Ģ. It is written in JAVA, which is no wonder to be slow. Unstable, very heavy CPU and memory consuming. Late last year, it includes VWAP, which is awesome. At beginning, it does not have VWAP, which is a big problem.

How to download ib trader workstation for mac