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Balance Impact and Risk Algo

Trading Term

An IBAlgo which seeks to balance the market impact of trading an option with the risk of price change over the time horizon of the order. The Balance Impact and Risk Algo does this by taking into account the user-assigned level of market risk which defines the pace of the execution, and the user-defined target percent of volume. For options only. For more information, see the TWS Users’ Guide.

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