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They charge quite high even for intraday margin requirements. Only 50% of full margin requirements. Too bad! :( I would like to get about 20-33% only due to my strategy. The reason I request this is I have very tight stop-losses (I won't even allow my capital to fall just 1% of required...

Direct and Smart Routing http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/orderRoutingLogics.php?ib_entity=llc I read the above website, but I still don't understand for the following: Smart Routing seems to be IB auto-routing system. Direct routing is that you can choose where to do...

SIPC & Lloyd's Insurance http://www.interactivebrokers.com/e...hp?ib_entity=uk 1. Questions about SIPC Let's see if I understand how SIPC works: a) I'm only insured on securities account. Nothing is covered on futures account. b) I can get SIPC-insured even if I'm an international...

Agree! I'm sympathetic to these "fat-fingered" persons too. The error trade policy is good at this point. However the error trade policy should take care of another party too. It is wrong to let the careful party suffer from their silly mistakes. :( Why won't the exchange simply set if...

No, the calculation is a bit complicated because the interest is calculated at pro-rate (which is very different from other brokers and banks). For the first $10,000, you get no interest. For the next $90,000 (100k-10k), you get benchmark interest rate - 0.5%. for the rest, it's benchmark...

Is it a bit unfair? On one hand, it's good to see the "fat finger" guys will not be killed off by their big mistakes. But on the other, it turns out to be us to suffer from the mistakes they make. Next time, if I have an executed but bustable trade, I just don't know what to do. On one...

TGregg, Thanks for your response. What I mean is in my case, I bought future contracts worth $10,000. Then I covered all future contracts afterward. If the trade get busted on the buy orders, that means I have opened short positions (instead of covering it), right? Next, if after I...

Hi. Say, I bought future contracts worth $10,000. Then I covered all future contracts afterward. What if the purchase transaction get busted? How does it affect me? What should I do to remedy the situation? If I do not have insufficient funds in my account and have margin calls, I may...

Hi. I would like to find a firm which can offer: - 33% of normal margin requirements (when daytrade) - Short Margin Cut-Off Time (eg 5-15 mins before market close) - futures markets in HK & US & Singapore/Japanese (the more, the better) What firm can come close to what I want? Thanks! :)

See Example 5 at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/interestMethods.php?ib_entity=llc You should find your answer. :)

It is worth noting how IB calculates short interests earned. If I'm correct, IB use pro-rate to calculate all sorts of things. If you short for $110k: - For the first $100k, you get ABSOLUTELY no interest - ONLY the rest $10k receives interest. Urgh! :mad: Too bad! Details...

Here's reail firms forum, so yes, I'm talking about retail firms. What retail firms offer the most attractive interest & margin rates?

Yes, J-Trader is a joke. Lack of functions. It is a killer for active traders. :(

Do you know what brokerage firms offer: - the best or highest interest rates - the best or lowest margin rates Say any firm which you think the "best" in your own definition. Thanks. :)

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Would you mind explaining a bit on this? As to regulatory fees, I'm not sure if there're some fees to do with US citizens only. I might be better off since I don't need to pay some of the fees. Hi def, Is it possible to partly join "unbundled" for some products/markets, partly join...

Sorry, is there any tick chart (no matter if it's true tick by tick, or tick filtered type) available in IB?

IBsoft, could you explain clearly how real-time streaming data is delivered in IB? Will this affect daytraders or scaplers?

Does "all" here include all shares traded over different countries; or are only US shares traded counted toward the monthly cumulative volume?

Really? How does it affect daytrader or scalpers? Is the lagging serious? Why does IB decide to deliver real-time data by such a lagging method? Thanks! :)