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    IB increases Over night Initial margin for ES

    It was around 6800 some days back now it is 7318.15 Not sure why they keep on increasing this lol. Most other brokers charge less.
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    Brokers with Mobile APP showing Float of a Stock

    I am looking at some or all of the below Info Share Statistics Avg Vol (3 month) 3 402.13k Avg Vol (10 day) 3 3.41M Shares Outstanding 5 5.09M Float 2.79M % Held by Insiders 1 N/A % Held by Institutions 1 N/A Shares Short 3 30.03k Short Ratio 3 1.48 Short % of Float 3 1.09% Shares Short (prior...
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    Brokers with Mobile APP showing Float of a Stock

    Does any one know of a mobile app stock application that shows the float and shares short of a Stock i have in watchlist.
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    Cost of carrying futures

    Its the same
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    Cost of carrying futures

    Can you tell me how much is per contract cost for you for ES under fixed scheme?
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    Cost of carrying futures

    @Overnight @Robert Morse @algofy we discussed IB will charge this fee only for FX, but IB charged me for ES position.
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    Cost of carrying futures

    I think around 3.70 to 4$ range. I mainly trade stocks and scalp some times. Fixed charge $1 for 200 shares, but I pay like 0.17-0.23 Cents for 100 Shares scalp, it saved me a lot over time. I used Options house as my first broker when i started trading and thought they are the cheapest one...
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    Cost of carrying futures

    Yes, I feel this plan saves a lot over long run.
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    Cost of carrying futures

    I am sorry for confusing with Cost to Carry I saw this on IB website and needed more info on that so asked you all https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=commission&p=futures2
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    Cost of carrying futures

    Since @Overnight said in the beginning I need to maintain 5.2K if I'm not hedging, I thought this could be less if I had some options. Thank you for clarifying this. I am still learning best way to learn all tips and tricks on Futures. From last 4 months I only made 2K, by trading 1 ES at a...
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    Cost of carrying futures

    Thank you for a beautiful explination. So you think I can buy a put option on MAR 2017 EXP and long 1 ES Contract and margin requirement will be less than 5.2K
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    Cost of carrying futures

    Are you saying that I need to pay Dividend cost if I short a ES?
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    Cost of carrying futures

    Thank you Robert, you are always very helpful.
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    Cost of carrying futures

    Can some experts please guide me if there are any interest or any other costs to hold a Future Position. Example - I buy 1 ES on Jan 1 and sell that on Feb 1 , will my broker charge me any interest (Like we pay when we short stock) since I only invested around 5K for this OR will I just pay...
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    Interactive brokers pre borrow glitch

    Unfortunately it does not work this way!. The order color changes to pending (Dark Green) When all the borrows are exhausted. I faced this many times, where I could not average up my price later because of no borrows.
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    Wonder why IB is showing markets as open and moving - on saturday noon.

    Same here I was so happy to see the downtrend.
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    IB does not put my order to NBBO Bid

    In Mobile they don't have routing options, but I checked my TWS now and it is executed at NASADQOM, commission is just 0.29 Cents, wow I love this. I am more inclined that this is because of SMART routing, I will research more on this and post screenshots of this happens again.
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    IB does not put my order to NBBO Bid

    I really don't know what is primary exchange for KSS. May be some one else can answer that one. My Data Package has the realtime Feed for Options: I have all 1.5$ Package for AMEX,NYSE,NASDAQ,US Options, and BATS (Bundle). Not sure what other order details you need, I told you everything from...
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    IB does not put my order to NBBO Bid

    ThnX Robert. Next time I will check ThinkorSwim and upload screen shots here.
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    IB does not put my order to NBBO Bid

    I noticed something wired today, when buying some puts on KSS. The BID was 1.40 and ASK was 1.55, I placed a buy order with 1.44 as Limit and Display as 1, but still the bid never changed? I cancelled that one and placed a limit of 1.47, but still this did not change the bid price? Can any one...
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