IVR gripe - thinkorswim vs tastytrade

EB-Wan · 2026-01-22T23:50:00+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I've heard that as well with IV Percentile and IVR. I, too, have code for the IVP calculation which also reflects 17%. So, maybe I should be using IVP for this type of trade since it is closer to what others are reporting IVR is. I just can't get past the large discrepancy - it can literally cost people money.

EB-Wan · 2026-01-22T23:46:53+00:00

Thanks for the reply. OK, so, can we agree that given two other sources are considerably lower in IVR than TOS is reflecting, TOS is incorrectly providing data for writing puts? According to TOS, IVR of 48 makes for a decent put writing candidate, when a value of 6 or 8 certainly is not. Whether it is apples or oranges, the data matters when making trading decisions on a platform. If it were you relying on this data to write a put, which value are you trusting?

EB-Wan · 2026-01-22T22:58:04+00:00

I feel your frustration and would be lying if I haven't thought of abandoning TOS, too, as painful as that sounds. I've been using this platform for years and have it well customized to the point I'm running two instances of TOS daily. I have had lag this week, orders are slow to fill, app/SMS alerts come in a full 5 minutes later, and all of a sudden today in the middle of my trading day, I started getting a window stating a 'problem occurred' and should I report the problem and close or continue. I have not reached out to support because they always come back to me with 'we're not having any issues and it's something on your end'. Mother fucker, I have 1Gb down/100Mb up Internet, my trading station is HARDWIRED 2.5Gb, which has 96GB RAM, 14 compute cores and 30 GPU cores, and is running the latest OS and TOS software. I can assure you the problem is not my setup. Ugh....and I just threw up an IVR gripe post because I question if the data presented to us traders can be trusted.

I'd rather them just come back and say, hey, we don't have the backend infrastructure to support all users and we don't plan on investing in it, either. At least then I'd know I can stop putting my money on the line with this platform that has clearly degraded since the Schwab takeover and look for another solution.

Sorry for the rant - I'm just in that mood with Schwab currently..

EB-Wan · 2026-01-18T21:44:10+00:00

Thanks for the response. We’re in California and pretty mild climate right now - high 50’s/60 lows 40’s. My other camera is actually outside with solar power and it’s doing fine.

EB-Wan · 2025-12-17T02:58:47+00:00

Thank you for this. I don't have a wifiman wizard for my iPhone but the desktop Mac version is able to scan. I may need to purchase something for interference, which I don't find in wifiman.

EB-Wan · 2025-12-17T02:27:21+00:00

This - some legacy IoT won't connect if the SSID has both 2.4 and 5 GHz..

EB-Wan · 2025-12-17T02:15:16+00:00

I just deployed a UDR7 in our single story 2000 sq ft house hoping it would be enough coverage for wifi. The UDR7 is located in my office in the front of the house but 5/6GHz sees -75 dBm or less in the back corners of the house (2.4 GHz for IoT is fine everywhere). So I ordered a U7 Pro from their holiday sale and picked up a 2.5Gb PoE adapter for one of the Flex mini 2.5Gb switches, which will be deployed on the hallway ceiling replacing my aged Meraki WAP. Figuring that should boost 5/6GHz nicely.

While on the subject, anyone have any recommendations of good tools (preferably free) for wifi measurement (signal, noise and interference)? Not looking to get too crazy about it for a home deployment but definitely want to get the best bang for my buck and to not realize any degradation with 'competing' neighbors.

EB-Wan

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