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Here's one in that general direction: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/printthread.php?threadid=222191 I think there were others too. I recall one post by IB that said that there never really was any risk of conflict of interest, but just to to make that absolutely clear, they removed the...

Didn't they say a while ago that they used to use Timber Hill but no longer do?

Probably the parent holding company, not the brokerage company, bought the stock?

Interactive Brokers LLC does not engage in proprietary trading: "Our brokerage companies conduct no proprietary trading." https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/p.php?f=ibgStrength&ib_entity=ibg That is a huge difference assuming that MF Global carried out proprietary trading right...

Saxobank http://www.saxobank.com/trading-products/forex/forex-forward-outrights

Being recklessly indifferent to the consequences for his customers of over-leveraged proprietary trading is just as bad. They forced out MF Global's Risk Manager in early 2011 after he complained to the Board. Actually, he probably went so far as to create "plausible deniability" as much...

Since Cisco owns both Linksys and Webex, maybe Linksys technical support could help?

I do not know, but one futures broker told me that many futures firms do not want accounts of customers who are option sellers, because, he said, they "tie up the broker's capital." I was puzzled as to why that would be the case, but maybe whatever the real reason is offers a clue also as to...

Is it correct that U.S. residents cannot trade HK options under S.E.C regulations?

I agree with you. I imagine that it is quite expensive for them in terms of management time to research and answer questions, especially in regulatory-sensitive areas where answers may have to be vetted and approved by multiple people. Already, they are far better than other brokers in...

How do they do margin lending in Canada then? Also large Canadian banks were listed as among the supposed largest hyper-hypothecators in the (flawed) Reuters article.

Also in Canada there is one million dollars insurance per account that is not limited to stocks, but also includes futures. As I recall, from news reports, this fund provided an advance to the Canadian trustee that facilitated the prompt return of all funds. But, as you note, there were...

The point is that they have answered the original allegations in a satisfactory manner. IB-AN posted it after DEF said he would try to obtain a response from his US colleagues so I think it is very likely that DEF did forward to IB-AN and that the thread here was input to the response (along...

If it had any additional information than was in IB-AN's post, could you please post it?

It appears that there are only a few such brokers and they are small. Could you consider deleting the new thread and let's just discuss it here? Why start all over in another thread?

Check http://www.elitetrader.com/br/?action=view&R_FirmID=284 DeepDiscountTrading which clears with Crossland.

Just as a point of information, a more direct link to Cunningham clearing is http://www.cunninghamllc.com/ or http://5dollarfutures.com/ (The CTS T4 site you posted contains links to other clearing firms as well that license the T4 software).

Wasn't this addressed when IB posted: "To start, and so as not to leave any confusion as to the position of IB vis-à-vis the Thomson Reuters news article, IB DOES NOT, in any way: 1. Circumvent U.S. securities or commodities rules at the expense of our customers; 2. Invest customers’...

Thanks. Can the client see the actual margin used updated in real time or only an approximation from the previous day's close? This may depend on the platform used?

When the bank lends you money on your house, it also re-hypothecates your house when it obtains money from a superior lender. That is, it passes along the security for the mortgage to the ultimate lender. I am *not* defending the practice *alleged* in the Reuters article of repledging...