Market Signals

IB's data servers continuously scan the markets for irregular price and volume actions and transmit these notifications directly to your TWS in the form of Market Signal alerts. Available market signals include price spikes, irregular volume spikes, new 52 week highs/lows, put/call ratio spikes, trading halts and more.

Market Signals can be integrated into the general news headlines in the Filtered News window, or viewed as a separate feed in the Market Signals window. By default, the Market Signal alert "Gap On Open" is active in the Filtered News window.

To add Market Signals to Filtered News

From the Filtered News title bar, click the Configure wrench icon.

Ensure that Filtered News is selected in the left pane.

In the right pane, select General News and click Configure Subject Filter next to IB Market Signals.

Select the signals to add using the checkboxes and apply.

To use the Market Signals window

From the News panel, click the "+" sign and select Market Signals.

From the Market Signals title bar, click the wrench-shaped Configure icon and then click Settings.

In the right pane of Global Configuration under Market Signals, click Configure Subject Filter.

Select the signals to add using the checkboxes, and apply.