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Hey all of you out there trading dipbuyers... I trade a dipbuyer system on US stocks...and here are the YTD results... I was up 27% for the year until several days ago... Now I'm up 7%! That's one hefty drawdown for a few days work (this week I lost 49,000$...). My main problems this...

oh. mine is not showing it...and I'm running the latest TWS version...

Yeah. that's right. Try PM button won't show unless your account is above 100k. By the way...PM once again came through for me. I trade two accounts. The account I use PM on left the one without PM waaaay behind.

One thing I don't understand is why so many people voted against PM for account below 100,000$? What possible reason could they have not to want IB to allow it for smaller accounts, are they just being mindful of other people's money and risk levels? :confused:

I use Excess Liquidity/Initial Margin*Leverage to get the max leverage I can use under current investing(stockpicking) rules. Also, the higher current leverage is the better estimate you get...

Mine took 2 or 3 days to get approved... But that was almost immediately after they introduced it, maybe they have more applications now so it takes longer...

Yes. You can get maybe even more than 6:1 leverage (stock, overnight) if you structure the trade/trades right. You don't even have to pair trade to be able to use that kind of leverage. I have only long positions in my account and I am able to use more than 5:1 overnight leverage.

Why?:confused:

ids, is my feature request even possible? is there any way for IB to decrease account size required for PM if it wanted to?

You are not supposed to be 600% invested all the time. The margin is there only when you need it...and those time for me are rare but very profitable because I trade a version of limit down system So interest on 600k leverage is insignificant...at least for me.

mskl, I think you got it wrong. Current rules state that as long as you are above the 100k mark you are eligible for portfolio margin (and increased leverage) Once your account fall below that mark it is automatically switched to RegT rules and subject to liquidation of positions if...

If i got it right... the only exemption mentioned on the page is related to exemption from RegT day trading rules for those who are approved for portfolio margin

Did you know that by switching to Portfolio Margin rules ( from RegT rules) at IB you get as much as 300% increase in capital available for trading (margin)? This can significantly improve trading results for anybody who is profitable and uses prudent money management! The problem is they...