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Too true! Anyway here's the official press release: GREENWICH, Conn., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive Brokers LLC (IB), a technology leader in global brokerage services, is lowering commissions to trade futures worldwide in response to a surge in new customers. (Logo...

I don't think this is going to happen. In light of recent events, lowering our risk controls would probably not be the best advertisement.

If you are daytrading then yes. If you are holding positions then you will need to take the carrying fees into account.

Seth, Yes, we will probably add a comparison shortly. As for a threshold, i can't comment as it all depends on which contract you are trading. There is no firm rule.

That's correct at the moment. With the unbundled most of the time it is cheaper than the bundled if you are daytrading, however, there are a few contracts where this is not the case. Having said that, we will be adjusting our JPY prices very shortly. I'll post an announcement when we do.

The reset time is 23:50-00:20 EST. Accounts are reset on a sequential basis during this time and you will experience about one minute outage. During this time full-service is not available, for example IDEAL-Pro data cannot be seen for about 6 minutes. But you should still be able to...

This link may help. It includes various tutorials direct from the exchanges and is under the University of IB section on our website: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/tools/tradersU.php?ib_entity=llc

Have you looked at the CME incentive schemes? You may be able to qualify for their Asian-Pacific Incentive Scheme. This knocks about 60% of the exhchange fees

Daily maintenance is down to about one minute. The reset lasts 20 minutes, however for most exchanges you will only lose data for less than 10 minutes and native orders will work. The downtime primarily affects simulated orders at the moment SethArb. Commission example, if you trade...

IB has lowered its unbundled futures commissions across the board. There are deductions of up to 20 cents per side in US futures, and big reductions in European and Hong Kong futures. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/commissionFutures-FOPs.php?ib_entity=llc#unbundled

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It will only be a week or so before its available on the production model. In the meantime, you should also be able to check by looking at the order ticket of the order you have placed.... but I suggested the clock, because it's a simple fix to take away all the confusion. I'm not too sure...

Please can you be specific with suggestions. We're open to listening to suggestions, but asking for a feature that's offered by "abc trading software" doesn't help us much. Please assume that we have no knowledge of your current favourite software.

Two that I can think of: 1. Fraud. The company misappropriates the funds in the customer segregated account. 2. Other customers blowing out their accounts. Funds are segregated from the company's prop accounts, but not from all the other client accounts. - Some firms have very low margin...

This is the easiest way... version TWS 853+ New Status Trigger Clock Icon for Trigger Method For all situations that use triggers, including stop orders, conditional orders and alerts, TWS has implemented a Status Trigger Clock icon. When visible in the status line, the icon indicates that...

In Hong Kong, the HKD is pegged to the US$. However, if the peg was dismantled or readjusted, then it would probably result in a large overnight gap. Most IB clients are not affected by this, as we do not offer IDEAL-Pro FX to Hong Kong clients. (fyi... HK regulators actually impose a...

- No, we won't be increasing the leverage to 50:1. - I'm not too sure what you mean by the margin doubles. I'd need to see an example when it happens so I can look at the internal calculations that we are doing. If you PM me with your account number the next time you observe this then I...

Clearpicks, Ok. When you configure the buttons, right at the bottom of the configuration page, there is a tick box that you can select which "Transmit the order instantaneously". That should do what you want. (There is no way to move the buttons to the bottom) Steve

I'm not sure if I understand what you mean. If you do not want to click on "T" then why not just click on the yellow/green columns which means you will send in an order at that price instantaneously - i.e. one mouse click.

I recall that it was because the yen had been more prone to weekend gaps and volatility, so we determined that a higher margin should be required.