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TOS gives you way more time. I found the same problem, where IB would close you out immediately say if they market is going to open down big, you only have 10 min to liquidate. I had one time where one of my stocks went down after hours, so IB sold my futures contracts after hours to cover a...

I would be careful of IB, If you don't have proper risk management if you get a margin call you do not have 3 days to put funds into the account. You have to sell immediately. Think Or Swim isn't to bad of a broker.

Hmm, i Can see why some people might be annoyed with the margin increase. I'm not sure if we have hit a bottom yet, but if we have it's kind of late on IB's side. I guess some people are worried about not having enough buying power on the upside should it come.

I know there are a lot of Hedge Fund redemptions, that are putting more pressure on the market. Does anyone know how many days they have to fill requests, I'm trying to get an idea of when they will stop doing any portfolio liquidations.

WAMU was worthless, there was a silent run on the bank. My friend tried getting some money out of the atm, and it refused.

He may or may not get a severance payment, but Citigroup got a steal with Wachovia. They paid close to nothing for the company and had the FDIC take most of the risks. Even with the losses in there mortgage portfolio, the deposit base and branches are a gold mine for either Citigroup, since...

I got the Mobile Trader to work on my iphone, but have had problems trying to use the regular HTML version.

I had some luck using my blackberry, but it was kind of random. I switched blackberrys, and it would time out. I just bought the iphone 3G. I can try the wap and the html version for you tomorrow. I would do it now, but don't have my Secure Access device with me.

I'm finding IB'S margin requirements are strictly enforced more than necessary. If you have a margin call IB will liquidate the account very quickly. They do not have the three day limit, like most brokers do. Should the market open badly say a 500 point drop you would be liquidated in the...