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l have posted my suggestions months ago on the IB suggestions forum, got several votes, but IB developers are doing nothing to improve speed of inputting option orders to catch up with top option brokers like TastyWorks. 1a. For combo orders using 'strategy builder' seems to be fastest way. They...

Thanks for post qwerty11 I was liquidated twice today, even though my Excess liquidity was +ve, but below 10% of maintenance margin, it was almost exactly 345pm ET. is my new understanding of SEM correct, excess liquidity must be above 10% of maintenance margin otherwise you will be liquidated...

Please tell us how to set up flashing warning message. what factors make it 10minutes? if SEM is breached (when net liq or EWL is 10% lower than maintenance margin?) then isnt it immediate? or only after 345pm?

Dear fellow traders, l was informed by IB's Tom today that to avoid liquidation: 1. l would only have to ensure net liq value is greater than 90% of current maintenance margin. 2. are there not other things to look out for eg 'current excess liquidity' having to be greater than 0 by 345pm ET(to...

already has 256GB SSD, remember it use to take about 14secs to have a clickable desktop after touching the power button, but now about double that, but better than any PC laptop l had, also never needed anti virus which does use resources of the computer. l only use computer for trading...

currently using a 2012 macbook pro retina, served me great, but it does get sluggish when l have my IB and Tastyworks software on, totally sluggish when open up my Thinkorswim as well. l need more RAM for sure, currently 8GB DDR3, high screen resolution an advantage to have more desktop real...

Yes, l know calculating sum of the ATM straddle gives ~ expected move. but does IB not have this calculated for you? or have a choice of showing it alongside the IV it has on the top right for every optionchain time frame like other top option brokers.

l need to know the price target of where the underlying will be in a given time in future including binary events eg earnings, so can use option strategies around this price target. does IB have this ability? TOS and TastyWorks simply show you this number on the option chain of every time frame...

SPY has increased over 300% from 2009- 2019, thats ~30% a year!! since the market is upward biased since it began like century ago, l have sold 2 put ratio spreads in spy,june 14th expiration, last Friday, 279p x-2 277p @-1.45 credit. if it gets assigned, l am long at ~273.58 (after initial...

that might be the case, but the features that matter most to many option traders, not analysers , is fast input of combo orders, quick at the hand details like % chance of max profit, eg 30%, expected move of the underlying in a option chain time frame. These things are in top option brokers...

TWS has been improving throughout the years. Suggestions we put in the forum really can get developed. I had put in a couple of suggestions which have been implemented to the benefit of many who use IB to trade options. If you do trade options and want an even faster way of inputting your combo...

The IB suggestions forum for IB users is a way of getting IB users ideas developed. Reckon vast majority of ib users dont use, i rarely use, ~ once every 3 years?! Suggestions are for faster options combo inputting via the 'strategy builder' (which can easily be improved), % profit...

Do us IBHK account holder still get FDIC or SPIC protection like IBUS?

def, please answer, would idle cash, in USD, GBP and HKD be protected, if the unthinkable happened? thanks

l am reading this just now, l have a 6 figure USD account and trade US options. are you saying that if IBHK were to go down. all my money, including idle cash, in the account would just evaporate?

l got told that IBHK accounts all get portfolio margining. is this true? l trade US options

for option traders, tastyworks is supreme :)

how do you use the IB screeners? btw, l trade only US options, so like to screen for high liquidity, high volatility options

Fellow traders, me with IB too, trading US options, currently HKD gets only 0.183% (BM - 0.75%) just now right? my Hongkong HSBC account pay 0.125%. so l may just convert my idle HKD into USD, which enjoys ~10x the interest. thoughts?

l see that l was looking at the wrong date, working 12 hours ahead of EST does that to you, l am trading from Hongkong. as I said, IB is a dependable high integrity broker. hence introducing my brother to them, who is a 'big' customer