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Here's the full press release: Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited (IBUK) a group company of the Interactive Brokers Group, announces a new flat fee of GBP 6.00 (this includes brokerage, settlement, exchange, PMT levy and regulatory fees) per online transaction to trade United Kingdom shares...

Interactive Brokers have reduced their UK stock commissions. The new commission, excluding stamp taxes will be: £6 flat fee for trades up to the value of £50,000. For trades over £50,000 the fee will be £6 + 0.05% of the incremental trade value over £50,000. Subject to a maximum...

Babak, Sorry, the Beta version is available via browser only - login from the home page. The current Beta is 853, released on the 5th October. Current standalone is 851.9. I'd expect this to be updated to 852 within a day or two. You should get prompted automatically for an update, if...

There is a box that you can tick which says "Update Line Chart Every 1 Second" in the Chart Parameters. I'm not sure if this is on 851.9, however, if you are using our charts you will find a significant number of improvements in 852...

Tom, I actually haven't checked, and it wouldn't be that easy to check as I believe the majority of our clients are not using anywhere near full leverage. But then even if I knew the stats I wouldn't be able to disclose the info. Many years ago I worked in the FX market in Asia, and my...

2cents, you can open an account with IB directly from our website. It's quite straightforward. Minimum account size is $2,000 or equivalent. The minimum size on IDEAL-Pro, our FX trading platform, is $25,000 or equivalent. The leverage on currencies is 50:1, except for Yen and HKD which are...

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Charts for SGX products are offered by IB. They work exactly the same way as charts on any other product. I just double-checked this, using TWS 852.2 - and tested that all charts work for all timeframes from 1-min to 1-month.

One of the banks were down. They should be back now.

-25k is the minimum trade size, but with $/Euro you need 2% margin, i.e. you only need $500 to trade. -With IB FX product we look at your true net cash position. Thus, you could buy Eur vs Usd, then buy Usd vs Yen, and be left with a Euro vs Yen position. The USD would net out. With many...

Exactly. Ellokn sums it up well in the post above. It's a rare occurrence in the futures world as it's pretty well regulated, but it can happen. As for FX, well this is completely unregulated so happens too often. Unfortunately there is no central database that I know of which details...

Yes it's generally true. This is how IB handles it: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/accountProtection.php?ib_entity=llc

Segregated just means segregated from the firms money. Your funds are not segregated from other clients money. So if a firm offers ultra low margins, and has a number of clients who accrue large negative balances who then refuse to pay the margin call.....

You should always be able to short the major ETF's with IB.

Interest is usually paid in the first week of the month. It's only paid if you have over $10k in the account. Interest accrues on settled cash. Full details available on our website under Fees>>Interest. For specific questions related to your account, please complete a Trouble Ticket from...

You can do this using the TWS Alerts Function. It's pretty easy to set-up. Accessible via the View>Alerts menu on the TWS, explanation in the release notes and user guide. You will need to specify the amount though, rather than the percentage.

It's going to be the same. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/marginRequirements/currency.php?ib_entity=llc Assume your account has US$10,000 Current rate is $1.2=Eur1 You sell Eur10,000. Thus, you receive $12,000. Your account balances are now USD=12,000 EUR= -10,000...

milstar, You do not seem to understand the way that the FX market works. You cannot compare a certain FX provider's percentage in the same way you look at an ECN's share of a stock (and that 40% figure for Arca looks very suspect to me). The FX market is pure OTC and covers huge interbank...

Yes, Our conditional orders and Alerts enable you to do this.

Lindsay, I can't comment without seeing the exact figures on your account. However, the margin requirement probably stems from the fact you have generated a USD balance, a negative EUR balance and a AUD balance. If you check the link I provided above then you'll be able to calculate it...