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    6:1 margin for overnight stock positions at InteractiveBrokers

    Portfolio Margin is valid any time including intra-day. 6x margin "rule" not exists though. It is a way too simplistic description of PM.
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    Reduced margins on pair trades???

    You will have reduced margin as soon as both legs are on the account and as long as you keep them.
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    Reduced margins on pair trades???

    1. SPAN is ALWAYS applied on IB. 2. We really cannot take a risk of one leg order is executed and the other is not. So, you should have enough to be able to leg in and out.
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    Reduced margins on pair trades???

    I can confirm that our performance bond requirements on futures and futures option spreads are practically same as requirements of exchanges/clearing houses. The only difference is our minimum of $50 per position for futures. Exchanges publish this information on the Web.
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    Helping picking a new FX broker - Thanks

    Whatever is free comes free with any account without a difference in size.
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    Helping picking a new FX broker - Thanks

    Where are you getting this information? There is NOTHING that requires 10k initial from a retail customer. 5k is it.
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    Helping picking a new FX broker - Thanks

    In order to open a new account you must deposit USD 5,000 (or USD equivalent). http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/minimumDeposits.php?ib_entity=llc#balance
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    Java and IB's TWS

    Change of -Xmx256M to something like -Xmx512M might help as a quick fix.
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    IB (IBKR) IPO auction

    The number of accounts is not that important but I still would like to clarify something. Quote, "Since launching this business in 1993, we have grown to approximately 80,000 institutional and individual brokerage customers." So, we are talking about number of customers, not accounts in the...
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    Are IB accounts protected from fraud and unauthorized access?

    Let me assure everybody on the board that NOBODY in IB can read your passwords and only a few people know how to decrypt them. To NickPhil: It is obviously not a discussion of our security. It was never breached so far and we are very serious about it. It is rather a discussion of how we can...
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    IB site down (not TWS)

    Please, try http://206.106.137.3 It is www.interactivebrokers.com
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    naked future options with IB IRA account

    There are no any restrictions on futures options except SPAN-based performance bond requirements.
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    naked future options with IB IRA account

    Yes and yes.
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    Bye-bye reg T

    We put ALL OCC options under PM. This calculator just gives you an idea. Each company implements it differently.
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    Bye-bye reg T

    I agree with your statements. I just tried to answer, "What if the dow drops 100 pts during 20 min in the middle of the day..."
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    Bye-bye reg T

    Unfortunately, there is no any formula even 100+ line long. It is not driven by formulas. On the bright side, your margin should not change drastically during the day. It is a risk margin now and by nature it is a requirement to cover possible one day loss. Of course, you better watch if you are...
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    Bye-bye reg T

    So you are saying if someone had just long GOOG stock they would have a margin of 30% rather than the minimum of 15%? Yes. What about options? If someone has all their money in short Calls and/or short Puts in one stock or index, then what? It is applicable to options. You can be...
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    Bye-bye reg T

    I can try to explain in simple terms. It is quite complicated behind the scene. If you have a portfolio of one stock, your margin will be 30%. If you have half of your portfolio in one stock and another half in twenty other stocks, your margin will be somewhere between 15 and 30%. If your...
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    IB Soybean ECBOT options

    CBOT ags options except ZL and mini-futures will be available in Monday. Sorry, it took more time then we expected.
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    Improvement needed on the new IB Webtrader

    Charts are pretty rudimentary right now. They refresh once a minute. It is more like yahoo charts. If you need something better, you should use TWS. We do not have intentions to put more and more features in WebTrader. TWS is our main platform. We are still listening to your requests. This...
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