Recent content by mark_ajoc

Thanks for the replies everybody! I really am just interested in the specific functionality of custom attached orders. The example was only intended to illustrate a simple use case. If we change the situation to a position of long 50, followed by a sell order of -100, I then want a stoploss buy...

Assuming I have a current position long 50 contracts, I place an order to buy another 100 contracts. I would like to attach a stoploss sell order to close the combined position of 150, but attached orders seem to coerce the stoploss to have quantity 100 to match the parent order. Can I attach a...

Thanks for the info. So I will start each calendar month on 0.2bp, and after $1 billion of traded volume, the commissions will reduce to 0.15bp automatically and so on until the end of the month? I don't need to request this feature specifically in account management?

For the sake of discussion, let's say always taking liquidity, 500 round trip trades of $100K per day. I'm particularly concerned by the definition of monthly volume. Does this reset by calendar month, putting me back to 0.2bp on the first of the month?

Thanks for the reply. That seems like the most likely thing to me. The other option seems too complicated to implement. Brokers hardly like giving back commissions they have already charged! I believe I can move that volume for the right commissions. I would welcome suggestions of alternatives...

Hi, first time posting here! I was wondering if anyone has experience trading volume in forex with IBKR? I'm a little confused by the very brief description of commissions on their website, so I'd love to hear from someone with direct experience. For example, if I trade $2 billion monthly, do...