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    broker allow split and merge position

    Our account minimum charge is $10/month. It is free if you are spending more then $30/month in commissions. Paper trading account is a free addition. Do you feel like $10/month is too expensive for you?
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    Can a retail trader make money in options on futures?

    Are you telling us that your clients see bids and asks on CME floor for example?
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    Can a retail trader make money in options on futures?

    Bids and asks on floor options are rare guests by obvious reason.
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    Can a retail trader make money in options on futures?

    dmcw, Our commissions are published here: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/commissionFutures-FOPs.php?ib_entity=llc
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    Can a retail trader make money in options on futures?

    No, there are no silver options on CBOT just yet. eCBOT (and IB) will offer it soon.
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    Measuring Execution Speed

    It obviously includes TWS to IB communication time. If you ping our server and take off the result, it will be clear cut time that IB spends on the execution and confirmation.
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    Can a retail trader make money in options on futures?

    Dear dmcw, IB does offer floor options. It is quite sad that you are spreading misinformation here. We are trading tenth of thousands electronic futures options a day. I know multiple customers that are doing it for years. Obviously, they are successful. GLOBEX index options are the most liquid...
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    S&P 500 Option Margin Requirements

    OK. It is just an interesting coincidence. It happens. Is the number 14,700 initial or maintenance margin?
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    S&P 500 Option Margin Requirements

    omcate, OK, that explains it. We are talking about today and strike 1350.
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    IB developers: are you idiots?

    How IB forced you this time?
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    S&P 500 Option Margin Requirements

    Margin requirements on SPAN contracts in IB do not exceed the clearinghouse minimal requirements. I am talking about futures options here. TWS and PC SPAN both show requirements Initial 15.165 Maintenance 12,132 The number $14,700 given by Global is actually the margin for CBOE SPX. My TWS...
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    Options on E-Mini S&P Futures

    Let me elaborate it. The requirement is a sum of premium and SPAN risk margin minus option value. Premium is equal to the value at the moment of purchase. So, the requirement is dictated by SPAN. The point is for a portfolio that has long options only the risk margin cannot exceed options value...
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    Options on E-Mini S&P Futures

    SPAN starts to play when you are going short or creating spreads. If you are buying an option, you pay premium. That is it. Let's not confuse price that you pay to buy an option and risk margins or rather performance bond requirements that SPAN calculates.
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    WR1 - Russel 1000 Futures on EurexUS

    Try GLOBEX Russell futures.
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    Need help in IB please

    It is illegal to allow customers to violate futures performance bonds after RTH. Futures are leveraged enough already.
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    IB Suggestions & Improvements

    We are working on it right now. You will see it soon.
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    web based

    We have demo account mdemo/demouser but it will work for major version only. If you are not trading options then there is no functional difference between major and beta.
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    web based

    We just released a beta-version of WebTrader that supports Firefox. Take a look at https://wt1.interactivebrokers.com/webtraderbeta/servlet/login It also has better support for option trading.
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    Database engine: any ideas?

    Using MySQL does not imply any special requirements. Time is hard to predict but it works much faster then all known me SQL servers.
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    Database engine: any ideas?

    MySQL is the best candidate. It is pretty fast and convenient.
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