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    back to futures options for me

    In simple terms we will increase margin if you have a portfolio with exponential risk growth besides the standard margin interval. We would like to defend us and our customers from the Black Swan kind of events. Once again, an overwhelming majority of PM accounts is not affected.
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    back to futures options for me

    This change will affect only a few accounts and we warned everybody who is involved.
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    futures options

    Here we go: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/php/webhelp/Interactive_Analytics/iaIntro.htm Specifically, portfolio analytics.
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    futures options

    You can do it with Interactive Brokers TWS.
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    6:1 margin for overnight stock positions at InteractiveBrokers

    I would not recommend you to have only GOOG in the portfolio. If you concentrate on one stock, margin is close to 30%. Diversify if you want to do better than that. Generally PM works very well with option spreads. A nice thing is there is no notion of day and overnight margins. Margin is pretty...
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    6:1 margin for overnight stock positions at InteractiveBrokers

    risktaker, Yes, you should have a nice PM benefit if your stocks are marginable.
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    6:1 margin for overnight stock positions at InteractiveBrokers

    It is absolutely unacceptable if you think about it. You put everything in a crappy stock and you are toast at some gloomy day. The worst part is you will take your broker down too. It means loss for all clients. PM is not simple for a reason.
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    HSI orders not respected. How to deal with it?

    Many customers have two accounts. One in Asia and one in US. It works well as a backup too.
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    6:1 margin for overnight stock positions at InteractiveBrokers

    It is a bit different than SPAN but idea is the same. Forex is not involved. PM affects only US stocks, options, and SSFs.
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    6:1 margin for overnight stock positions at InteractiveBrokers

    Your example is an index, not a stock. You will have an offset for correlated indices.
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    6:1 margin for overnight stock positions at InteractiveBrokers

    It is impossible to cover long stocks with short but PM will be lower then reg T if you have a well balanced multiple stock portfolio. Forget about it if you have only 2-3 stocks on the account.
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    Will IB offer mini-grains?

    We will make NYBOT market data subscription more obvious in near future.
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    Will IB offer mini-grains?

    They are available. Trading permissions are common for all US futures. Market data permissions are under "International Petroleum Exchange (Non Professional)" in the account management. NYBOT softs are electronically traded on ICE which is called IPE on IB.
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    6:1 margin for overnight stock positions at InteractiveBrokers

    It does not work like that. It is not easy to jump off PM account.
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    Will IB offer mini-grains?

    It is YC, YK, and YW. The liquidity is not there though.
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    Bye-bye reg T

    I sent you PM. If you do not utilize this strategy, there is nothing to worry about.
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    Bye-bye reg T

    No, it is not a straightforward increase. It will affect only portfolios that utilize offsetting between broad-based indices on one side and small cap & NASD on other side. Those who uses this particular strategy, please watch out. The margin increase depends on a concrete structure of the...
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    Will IB offer mini-grains?

    Soon, very soon
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    Will IB offer mini-grains?

    Will be available tomorrow.
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    6:1 margin for overnight stock positions at InteractiveBrokers

    I am not in customer support. I cannot tell you level of happiness but the numbers are growing. We will roll out detailed explanation of calculations soon and it will alleviate some concerns about complexity. The complete explanation of margin calculations is impossible though. It involves too...
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