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Pricing may be too adjustable based on your needs and requirements. It might not be like some retail brokers that have one pricing structure regardless of what you do. I believe even TD offers various levels of commissions/fees, based on trading activity and balances (and these rares are not...

If the main concern about IB is the Charting, it is possible to use a different frontend for charting and allow execution to flow through IB. I believe you can even have TWS and another frontend up at the same time, allowing you to leverage both for a good user experience. This might be a...

I have in my trade window: 5x Bull Put Combo for 5$ total. That would be 10 Puts (5 buy and 5 sell). So a total of 10 option contracts for 5$. As well as: 5x Bull Put Combo (x2) for 14$ total. That would be a total of 20 Puts (5 B&S, and 5 B&S). So a total of 20 option contracts for 14$ I'm...

I'm curious if anyone is holding some of the extremely old perpetual bonds (issued >100 years ago).

Is it feasible to execute this trade in the real world? You mention the trades are for only a few hours. Is there sufficient liquidity (at a valid price point) to execute this? When I deal with bonds, the trade time can take a while and the spreads are often wide enough that it is never...

I could be wrong, but I recall being told: I could open up option positions on SPY, but if it got exercised the underlying would be immediately liquidated instead. So instead of ending with SPY in my portfolio, it would be sold at market value right away.

Depends on how you trade. If your trading requirements are such that you need to sit in front of the computer all day everyday, this can be difficult, and may eventually lead to mistakes that could be costly. If it is feasible, perhaps alter your trading style such that you only need a few...

I do like Linux, but I believe you can install the full linux subsystem on Windows 10 now, so you might be able to do any linux specific tasks you need that way? Was there something specific in the Pro version vs. the Home version that you take advantage of?

Hello all, just purchased one and thought I would give a quickie review. I am running the version with Core-M processor, 8 GB RAM, and LTE sim support. I upgraded (for free) the default Windows 10 Home S Mode, to the Full Mode. I am running the following applications, concurrently, at all...

1.a) The news is very fast on Reuters Eikon Terminal (Xenith Version vs Full version are the same for news). I'm not sure if it's 'ms' or even 'second' fast. But definitely within a minute (probably even within a few seconds). Things like Jobs data seem to come out within a few seconds or so...

Possibly an influence, is you can get a 'finer' spread: SPY: 280/275 SPX: 2800/2795 Which could be useful for certain hedging needs.

TWS Charts are basic. If you are doing technical analysis, I do not think it's enough, but otherwise it should be sufficient once you get the hang of it. TWS Screener is pretty weak. Can only search based on a few criteria. There might be some better ones out there. Something like...

Is there any service that let's you: Take the list of all your trades for the last month/year. Run it through a 'simulator' to deduce what the fees would be for various brokerage firms? At least, IB's Standard vs. Tiered? Or compare to other brokers?

Just got an E-mail from State Street Global Advisors that they have no intention to release KID for their US SPDR ETFs.

This situation could arise if you opened with IB-UK while residing in EU and later moving away. Also, not sure, but its possible IB-UK is older than IB-HK and residents of HK would have gone through IB-UK back then. In order to 'switch' to IB USA LLC (away from IB UK) you need to file a new...

I was informed by IB that they would auto-liquidate that position rather than give you the shares. Have you confirmed this ?

It is possible after Brexit that IB-UK would no longer be hindered by this regulation?

What are the Options market for the EU version of these ETFs? I'm thinking this regulation does not help protect European investors. However, to be fair, a large number of European retail investors (mom & pop) do the very simple buy & hold as part of a long term pension fund / retirement plan...

I was commenting more from the perspective of which instruments are available to EU based retail traders. The sentiment from the latest regulations 'suggest' (wrongly so in my opinion) that SPX Options is safer than SPY ETFs, given there is a restriction prohibiting trading SPY ETF but none for...

Is it possible the following happened: 1) Part of a combo position was automatically closed due to inability to purchase SPY (PRIIPS/KID MIIFID) 2) This resulted in you having a margin requirement higher than your account value 3) The high margin resulted in auto-liquidation of assets (perhaps...