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Trade with IBot

IBot is a natural-language interface to TWS that understands commands in plain English. Speak or typeEnter a command, and IBot will help you create and submit orders without having to navigate further. IBot supports both voice and text entry commands.

Tap and then tap IBot - Type to trade.
In the Ask IBot text field at the bottom of the screen, tap the microphone icon and speak a command, for example "trade 200 shares ibkr."
Tap the large microphone icon to send the command to the text field.
If the text is accurate, tap the up arrow in the text field to submit your command.
Verify that IBot's response is accurate and reflects your request, and use the "Next Steps" buttons i.e., 1=Submit, 2=Cancel, to continue.

In addition to trading, you can use IBot to check your account data, see calendar events, make changes to your account, manage funds, view charts, see fundamentals data, and more.

To view a chart, simply ask IBot for the symbol and time period, for example "chart one month IBKR."

To find out more about IBot, visit the Feature in Focus page.