Recent content by NMadson

An update - I received a reply to my trouble ticket saying the issue had been resolved. I tried opening a new account - got the same message that there was a problem. Customer Service has again referred the issue to the programmers.

Customer service said it was an issue that impacted other customers as well and said the issue was assigned to a programmer. My trouble ticket is still open. If they thought I was trying to game the system, I'd think they'd tell me so and close the ticket.

Has anyone else experienced the bug in IB's system which prevents a client from opening a second account? I have a Margin Account and I wanted to open an account which doesn't use margin, but to which I could transfer positions without having to incur capital gains/ (losses.) I had started...

I recognize that the answer is probably "It depends" but is there some standard that FX traders use when they've accumulated gains or losses in a foreign currency? I'm thinking I'd just accumulate the currency until month-end and then convert so I can record my gains/ losses on a monthly basis...

The key was the five day period. My trades on Friday hit a cap that will apply until it rolls off next Friday. Thanks for your response, Nolan

I've had an IRA account with >$25k with IB for a couple of years. I recently opened an Individual account with <$25k with them. I started trying to make some of the basket trade orders I've made in my IRA account in the new Individual account and have been getting warning messages. Today I...