Availability
Available across all trading platforms.
Entering Commands
In the IBot entry field type your command (e.g., show the price of IBkr) then press Enter or Send.
Supported Commands
- Quotes: “quote Interactive Brokers”, “show the price of Interactive Brokers”
- IBot can also display fundamental information
- Options: In cases where there is more than one option contract on the same exchange with the same expiry, strike and right, IBot will choose a contract as follows:
- Choose smart over non-smart
- Choose non-weekly contracts
- Choose the contract with a standard multiplier
- Partial Instrument Match: In cases where you leave out a parameter, IBot will try to identify the option contract with an educated guess based on the following logic:
- If the underlying is missing, assume the last used underlying if one is available
- If the type is missing, use a CALL.
- If the expiration is missing, use the nearest month.
- If the strike is missing, use the at-the-money strike.
- Charts: “10 day 1 hour bar chart for Interactive Brokers”, “chart Interactive Brokers”
- If you omit bar sizes or time ranges, IBot will display the most reasonable chart based on what you entered
- Orders: “buy 100 shares of Interactive Brokers at market”, “sell 100 shares of IBKR at 40”, “close my Interactive Brokers position”, “close 10% of my long positions”
- You MUST click the Submit button located within IBot to place the order
- Trades: “show trades in Interactive Brokers”
- Market Scanners: “top gaining US stocks", "biggest US market winners"
- Market Depth Level II Data: “market depth for Interactive Brokers”, “level 2 for IBKR”
- Option Chains: “option chains for Interactive Brokers”, “jan options for IBKR”
- Calendar: "show portfolio events", "upcoming events for portfolio companies"
- Your Account: “show my P&L”, “show my buying power”, “what is my net liquidation value”
- Modify a Command: after creating an order, “change this order to market”
- Help: get help with IBot by typing help before a type of command, “help with orders”, “help with chart”
- Company Fundamentals: “show summary for Interactive Brokers”, “Return on Equity for IBKR”
- Customer Service Information: “customer support”, “support”
- Will include a link to the Contact Client Services page of our website
- IBKR web site information: Use the terms Search: or Search for to return reference information from the IBKR web site. IBot will return the top matches with links to the relevant web page.
Non-Supported and Misunderstood Commands
In cases where you enter a non-supported command, or one that IBot can't accurately interpret, IBot will provide a best efforts result labeled with a "Potentially misunderstood" warning message and icon.