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Published in TZ Latest News 13 July, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff

IB TWS bug! Went short instead of long

Hello,

I was updating my order this morning and somehow my long order filled in as a short in an illiquid (25 cent spread) US stock. Thankfully I realized it after few seconds and cancelled the remaining order immediately. I had to cover my short and lost $200 in less than a minute. This has never happened to me before. I’m not sure whether It was my own mistake or TWS’s bug. Has anyone else experienced this sort of mistakes or bug before? Thanks.

To be clear I am not accusing IB of any…

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