Dojo321 wrote: ".. net position in TWS would be 0 but when I request positions I want to see two positions, .. "
This is not possible with an IB account. Your IB account is a netting account, meaning that only the net result of all trading activities in a ticker symbol is available as position size. IB does not provide a so-called "hedging account", which is what you would need for your purpose.
