Why Accounts in IB TWS Are Constantly Switching?
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Interactive Brokers has specific types of account, such as:
- Financial Advisor account (FA)
- Master account
The distinguished feature of those accounts is the presence of subaccounts. Customers with FA or Master accounts may notice that when MultiCharts is connected to IB data source/broker with such account type, all subaccounts are constantly changing in IB TWS. There is a reason for this. FA/Master account doesn't allow any 3rd party software to access all subaccounts at the same time to get updated information about account balance, open market positions, active orders and so on. That is why MultiCharts has to switch them constantly in IB TWS to update info on all accounts.
Note: This doesn't affect data feed.
Note: Old versions of MultiCharts may have an issue showing similar behavior without FA or Master account connected. Update your MultiCharts at least to version 8 to fix the issue..
