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OK, so leverage and short selling are the two benefits. Any others? I've been looking at direct ASX but not CFD's. Disadvantages I see, are unable to pay in full so always have an interest charge; not all ASX stocks are covered; commissions are high (although I guess they are for ASX stocks...

No plans to. Perhaps we'd consider it if there was any volume.

Is this for the leverage only, or are there other reasons why you prefer the Australian CFDs to direct ASX trading? Whenever I've looked at the Australian version of CFD's the commissions seem to be too high if you are daytrading, and the interest rate seems to be too high if you are swing...

Is it the auto-logoff? On your TWS. Configure > Misc > Auto Logoff time

www.interactivebrokers.ca Not sure what you are trading, but the fees are fully-disclosed on the website.

As per StealthTrader. Also please note there is a Contract Search button available on the website and from the Help menu on the TWS. Customer Service would also be able to assist with this (see Help&Contacts on the website).

Yes you can. Margin rules are on our website under the Trading section, or you can use the Search function. You could margin the stock at 50% (and possibly lower depending on your SMA / Reg T requirment). So with 100k of stock, margined at 50%, you'd have 50k buying power for futures...

You can do that with IB. The flash tutorial you're referring to is available under www.interactivebrokers.com, go to Software>>Interactive Tours. A full list of order types is available under the Trading section...

Hittfeld, Why would you want to do this? Please e-mail me your details - name, location, language, what products you are trading and I may be able to assist you. Steve

Use the Alert Function introduced in Build 851. Available from the View menu. Further details in the User Guide. This allows you to set alerts via e-mail or sms. You can also use it to trigger or cancel orders, aka a conditional order. Late apex is correct. The banks making a market in...

Please read the above links. If you are still unsure please complete a Trouble Ticket on your Account Management or go to www.interactivebrokers.com and the Help and Contacts Session.

End of day is 1700EST for IDEAL-Pro. I'm not sure if you followed the links from the above link( http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/interest.php?ib_entity=llc#interest) that I provided you, but you can check here for examples of how interest is calculated...

Electric, It's an interesting article but not very relevant to the thread. Just a few points... - IB is not a market-maker in FX. - The article is an academic article and explains an argument for continuous interest payments being benficial for the stability of the currency and interest rate...

There's a detailed explanation of how interest is charged and credited on our website under Fees >> Interest and Margin Rates. Bear in mind that spot FX settles on T+2.

Here's a HK option trading group that hold regular meetings in HK .... www.wetradeoptions.com also the TA society usually meets up on a monthly basis and is frequented by quite a few US market traders www.tashk.com.hk

It shouldn't be. I'm not aware of any problems with data at this time (22:10 EST, 10:10 HKT).

Normal hours.

I'd agree with most of what serg007 said. Also you should note that if you have CMT Level 2 then you get an exemption against NASD Series 86.

In my experience, most funds or individuals trading size do tend to split large orders up and work them. I understand if you wish to do $10m it’s a touch harder, however, 2x$5m orders could easily be done with 2 clicks of the mouse on Booktrader. Nevertheless, the main reason for imposing...

The inside market is tradeable, however you are limited to a per order size restriction. For USD base its $5m, other maximum order sizes are listed here: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/exchanges/usIB-pro.php?ib_entity=llc - If you see $15m, on the inside then there's nothing...