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@Def, some suggestions: 1. Would be fine to add a hotkey for changing the stop and not only the limit of a stop limit order. With the "Price up", "Price down" hotkeys you are only able to change the limit of a stop limit order. 2...

I have this problem too, everyone has this problem since some days if he has used or tested it. But this problem appears only if transferred orders are being changed. It's has nothing(!) to do with the Version of the TWS (tried 735 and the newest 752.6), why so many guys always think this...

@Def I used only the "add" button too. I emailed a detailed example to tac@interactivebrokers.com a week ago, but no answer up to now. And the main thing I am disappointed now: IB releases the active-x control, which could solve the problem, but the sample spreadsheet for this does...

@Def Is it now 5 minutes before close of stock market or still 10 minutes? regards Marc

I have just emailed with a trader-friend, he has exactly the same problem. Using the IB sample spreadsheet and Excel XP (german).

Hello Def, yes I am using the original Sample-Spreadsheet of IB from the IB-Homepage. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/html/tws/using_tws.html In this spreadsheet are 3 tables, and one of them is explicit for conditional orders. I have read the instructions in the online user guide and...

Ok, perhaps it is my bad english :) Look, with the excel spreadsheet you can create conditional orders. So, for example, If a limit buy order is executed, an sell limit order with a stop loss or a profit should be transmitted. So, but: In my case, if a condition for such an order is met...

Addition: I am using the newest TWS(748.7) and the newest DDE.dll and Office XP. regards Merkur

@ Def and all others who use the excel integration. If I prepared a conditional order for the NQ and the condition is met, then is not only one order transmitted, in the TWS are then 10-16 orders appearing and being transmitted. I tryed this only with the Futures demo, should not make a...

Exactly, Dkamp. I just asked this question in the IB Chat, and the guy told me, that he has no exact information right now at which time the margin will revert and I should ask again on monday. Every IB customer who wants a margin-revert after 4:00pm for the eminis should mail that to the...

Yes Def, but why doesn't IB revert at 4:05EST? The e-mninis trade until 4:15, and that with enough volume, so there would be 10 minutes "room" for IB.

Ok, thx for your answer dkamp. Can anyone confirm this? I think this is the correct way to handle Daytrading-Margins. Why does IB then want to revert at 3:50 pm???

It seems that IB revert to 100% margin for the e-minis really at 3:50pm EST. At which time each day does elocal revert from daytrading magins to full margins? regards Merkur

Hmm...that would be bad...

Reduced Futures Margin Requirements Effective immediately, ACE, Globex and HKFE products will be margined at 50% of normal SPAN requirements during open-outcry trading hours for each product type. Each day at 10 minutes before the close of the trading session, or 3:50 pm New York Time (for ACE...

Alright Def, thanx. This great info/news came just in time, because I was just preparing to transfer my account to another broker because of the lack of daytrading-margins. sincerely Merkur

Sorry, i had better read the thread "IB Improvments 2" before. Yor wrote: "You just need to beware that margin will go to 100% 5 minutes before the close." Will it be 5 minutes before 16:00 or 16:15 EST? sincerely Merkur

Def, i have heard that IB is already testing daytrading-margins for futures at a 50% or 65% level. Some users already can use this lower margins for daytrades. Do you have any information about this. Is there any schedule, whether and when this will be available for all customers...

@DaveN What were the commission rates of elocal before this change? regards Merkur

Saico, let's talk in english, it's an american board. ;) Yes, the euro is rising, but i haven't a multicurrency account at IB (with euro), I have a normal stock-margin account with dollars, so I am "losing" money (in Deutschmarks) at the moment. ;) sincerely Merkur