Order Status Colors

The color in the Status field of an order management line indicates the status of your order.

Color

Description

LIGHT GRAY indicates that you are in the process of creating an order and you have not yet transmitted it.
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LIGHT BLUE indicates that you have transmitted your order, but have not yet received confirmation that it has been accepted by the order destination.

PALE PURPLE indicates that an order has been accepted by the system (simulated orders) or an exchange (native orders) but that currently the order is not working, due to system, exchange or other issues. When the order becomes active, the order status color will change appropriately.

PURPLE indicates that the order has been suspended and is awaiting customer action. Component size is larger than the account can support. Please modify the component size or add funds to your account.

DARK BLUE indicates that an order has been accepted by the system (simulated orders) or an exchange (native orders) and that this order has yet to be elected. The order status remains DARK BLUE until the election criteria are met. At that time the order is triggered, and the order status color will change appropriately.

Prior to TWS 919, dark blue was also displayed for native stops that were at the exchange but hadn't been triggered. Beginning with TWS919, native stops at the exchange, both triggered and untriggered, display green.

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GREEN indicates that your order has been accepted and is working at the destination.

When you display the Shortable market data column, this color indicates that at least 1000 shares are available to sell short.
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DARK GREEN is used in the Shortable column and indicates that this contract can be sold short but that at the moment there are no shares available for short sale, and that the system is searching for shares.
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LIGHT GREEN is used by the Blotter to indicate that a ticket has been accepted by the trader.
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PINK indicates that you have sent a request to cancel the order but have not yet received cancel confirmation from the order destination.  At this point, your order is not confirmed canceled. You may still receive an execution while your cancellation request is pending.
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ORANGE indicates that a cancellation request has been accepted by the system but that currently the request is not being recognized, due to system, exchange or other issues. At this point, your order is not confirmed canceled. You may still receive an execution while your cancellation request is pending.

RED indicates that the balance of your order has been confirmed canceled by the system. This could occur unexpectedly when the destination has rejected your order.

In the Shortable column, RED indicates that no shares are available for short sale.

Once the order is confirmed canceled, the Order Management line will disappear from your trading screen after 30 seconds. Please see the Customer Agreement for further information on order confirmation and order cancellation.
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MAROON indicates that an attached simulated order type has been accepted by the system and has yet to be elected. The order is held in the IBsystem (and the status remains MAROON) until the election criteria are met. At that time the order is transmitted to the order destination specified and the order status color will change appropriately.