u/Friendly_Slip_849

Hey everyone,

I’m setting up Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation (TWS) for U.S. stock day trading and trying to build a clean, practical layout that actually works in live markets.

I’m using a 2-monitor setup, and I want to keep things simple and efficient (mostly trading large-cap stocks intraday, no options or futures).

I’d really appreciate if people could share their actual working setups.

Specifically:

1. How do you use 2 monitors with TWS?

• What goes on each screen?
• Do you split execution vs charts, or mix everything in one workspace?

2. What do you actually keep inside TWS?

• Watchlist?
• Level 2 / Time & Sales?
• Order entry / BookTrader?
• News feed?
• Anything you’ve removed because it was unnecessary?

3. Do you use external tools alongside TWS?

• Do you chart in TradingView and only execute in TWS?
• Any other tools you rely on (scanners, news, etc.)?
• Or do you try to keep everything inside TWS?

4. What helped you simplify your setup the most?
I feel like it’s easy to overbuild dashboards, so I’m trying to avoid that.

If you’re willing, screenshots or rough diagrams of your layout would be super helpful.

Thanks in advance - I’m mainly trying to see how people actually structure their workflow in real trading, not demo setups or overly complex YouTube configs.

Hey everyone,

I’m setting up Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation (TWS) for U.S. stock day trading and trying to build a clean, practical layout that actually works in live markets.

I’m using a 2-monitor setup, and I want to keep things simple and efficient (mostly trading large-cap stocks intraday, no options or futures).

I’d really appreciate if people could share their actual working setups.

Specifically:

1. How do you use 2 monitors with TWS?

• What goes on each screen?
• Do you split execution vs charts, or mix everything in one workspace?

2. What do you actually keep inside TWS?

• Watchlist?
• Level 2 / Time & Sales?
• Order entry / BookTrader?
• News feed?
• Anything you’ve removed because it was unnecessary?

3. Do you use external tools alongside TWS?

• Do you chart in TradingView and only execute in TWS?
• Any other tools you rely on (scanners, news, etc.)?
• Or do you try to keep everything inside TWS?

4. What helped you simplify your setup the most?
I feel like it’s easy to overbuild dashboards, so I’m trying to avoid that.

If you’re willing, screenshots or rough diagrams of your layout would be super helpful.

Thanks in advance — I’m mainly trying to see how people actually structure their workflow in real trading, not demo setups or overly complex YouTube configs.