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    3:45 margin cut-off . . no longer?

    We changed cut off time for US equity index products. There was no change for FX. The cut off for FX is 14:45 EST.
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    3:45 margin cut-off . . no longer?

    Yep, we claime it right here some time ago.
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    IB retail pit access or not ???

    TGM, Yes and yes :)
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    IB retail pit access or not ???

    We do not provide stops on pit. The reason is we care about you. I doubt you really want to be exposed this way. Please, take a look at http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/exchanges.php?exch=cme&ib_entity=llc and...
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    IB retail pit access or not ???

    Are you sure that you are getting a quote for the meat on CME, not GLOBEX?
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    IB retail pit access or not ???

    Did you subscribe for CBOT floor on the account management page? CME options are coming soon. We are almost ready. NYMEX is next in line.
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    IB Suggestions & Improvements

    Did you try to right click on an order and pick "Check Margin"?
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    Looking for the cheapest DAX, EUROSTOXX 50 broker?

    It looks like there are no reasons for a DAY TRADER to chose the bundled rate if ONLY EUREX futures are involved.
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    IB Relative orders not working

    You pay $10 a month unless you generate $30 a month in commissions. It is free otherwise. We do not have hidden fees.
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    help - natural gas on i/b

    ramuk, You have found an error in the contract spec on the Web site. The trading hours are actually 15:15-14:30.
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    Question about interactive brokers, and options

    What is a problem with VIX options? Try VBI symbol please.
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    Question about interactive brokers, and options

    It is ZG
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    Question about interactive brokers, and options

    eCBOT gold options are available. Oil and soy are not yet. We will offer CBOT floor soon.
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    IB Suggestions & Improvements

    Not like TWS, the WebTrader has no means to know if your browser is closed. It is a Web application. Creation of these means is possible but it is not trivial programming task and I doubt we will have resources for it any time soon. The session is expiring by timer and it is set to 30 minutes if...
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    Few rookie IB + API questions

    Sorry, I do not know IB API specifics. The best you can do is to put this question on IB Discussion Board in TWS API group. It is very active and well-working community.
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    Few rookie IB + API questions

    I appreciate time you spent for the clarification and agree with almost all of your comments. If you have a direct line to a professional quote service, it will be generally better then any service through the Internet. We are a brokerage company, not a tick data warehouse. Nevertheless, we do...
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    Few rookie IB + API questions

    "All IB systems seem to go down for short intervals (seconds or minutes) throughout the day... every day." Could you please elaborate this statement? Are you talking about EST midnight or other time?
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    IB retail pit access or not ???

    Please, look at CME information at http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/exchanges.php?exch=cme&ib_entity=llc and http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/marginRequirements/margin_amer.php?ib_entity=llc Our current offering is much bigger and all identifiers are clearly...
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    IB : could SGXNK be offsetted by NIY?

    You can offset but you will not save on margin.
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    C++ vs. Borland Delphi

    I have to agree that Delphi is pretty much dead. I still miss it though. You have not to be fluent in C++ to use C++ API. You just need to understand what calling convention is and how to map C++ types to Delphi. Sorry, I do not have a good example right now but I made a pair of serious projects...
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