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The most up-to-date data is probably here http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/download/IBLLC_2Q07_Unaud_Finls.pdf Payable to customers $ 5,740,768,925 as of end of June 2007.

You do not understand one simple thing. We MUST fulfill TIMS-dictated minimums. TIMS does not recognize stock correlations. Regulations are regulations.

Our PM is basically TIMS with IB-cooked additions. TIMS do not provide offsetting for individual stocks. It is done for indices only. So, generally speaking it does not matter if your stock is long or short in a portfolio. Shorts sometimes bear more risks and it is a possible explanation of what...

http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/marginRequirements/margin.php?ib_entity=llc and pick Portfolio Margin.

Please, read http://www.finra.org/web/groups/rules_regs/documents/notice_to_members/p018677.pdf Look at the long list of requirements for approval. An approval is impossible if RBH is the only safeguard. Think for a minute why if it is as easy as you described only a few companies offer PM...

I stand corrected. Our paper trading account mirrors a real one. So, you must have 100K or more and be approved for PM. The demo account (pmdemo/demouser) allows you to play PM games.

You are more or less correctly described RBH for naked stocks but you called it PM in your first letter. PM is not RBH. Retail client will not get pure RBH with any broker. There are regulations for it. You are misinformed and misinforming others. I am not fighting. I am trying to prevent people...

I know for fact that your statement is incorrect. The PM cannot be implemented as you described it in any retail brokerage company. So, what my reaction should be? I agree with, "I want people to understand that they should not be asking about PM, they should be asking how to interpret/use...

If you have an account in IB, you can play as much as you want with a paper trading account. It will give you an idea.

I believe you have an account in retail brokerage that offers you such a simple and straightforward PM. Please, tell me the name of the company if it is not located in Fantasyland.

Anybody could benefit from PM account. The only problem is you have to understand that it works very differently from regT. One could be discouraged quickly by a fact that the first position on the account will require something like 30% margin. Another will wonder about a sharp overnight margin...

I do not think that we calculate interest rate differently for PM accounts. Once again, it is not my area and I am not 100% sure. There is no notion of intraday and overnight margin for PM accounts. Your margin does not depend from time. A most important time for a margin change is between 2...

Sorry, I cannot give you an answer. It is not my expertise.

I see now. You always can ask TWS a question "what my margin will be if I execute the order?"

Did you try to create an order, right click mouse, and choose "Check Margin"? It works with all kinds of margins.

It is a PORTFOLIO margining. It means there is no way to calculate margin for a particular position. Just try to be diverse and lower your risk and PM will drop accordingly.

You can if: 1. It is not one stock but a diversity of stocks. 2. You avoid cheap 100% margin stocks and stocks with 5 standard price deviations more than 15%. Be aware that there are cases when your regT margin is lower than PM margin if you are not well diversified or own more than .5% of a...

1. We did not change our PM calculation rules since summer time. 2. There cannot be a problem if you are using 5-10%. Even 30% is enough to feel completely safe. If you are 50% and more, watch out before the market open especially after volatile days. 3. Margin naturally changes more...

You can use printer, right?

They do: http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/exchanges.php?showcategories=OPTGRP&sortproducts=IS&showproducts=E&exch=iseopt&ib_entity=llc&search.x=66&search.y=21