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    IB and incremental increase in Margins

    We did not make increases since November 15. This is fixed now on 14.5% and the whole issue is under consideration.
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    IB and incremental increase in Margins

    PM margin on short out of money options will be very close to margin on compatible futures options. It is exactly where we are going.
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    IB and incremental increase in Margins

    This is a minimum. The maximum is probably 25%.
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    IB and incremental increase in Margins

    Most probably we will do it 1% a day.
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    IB and incremental increase in Margins

    We are doing it gradually. Market making has noting to do with it. Heavy exposure of customer portfolios to extreme risks does.
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    IB and incremental increase in Margins

    Sorry, we really cannot warn you a day before about future market move of such scale. It was an emergency case. We normally do not change margin during a day.
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    IB and incremental increase in Margins

    Here is information on the topic. The margin increase will proceed to at least additional 1/2 of what you have now on short out of money option positions. Exact numbers are to be defined in future.
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    IB and incremental increase in Margins

    It is a completely different case. We corrected options margins yesterday in the middle of trading session because of a very big market move. Options risks were skewed quite a lot at the moment. While I understand your frustration, I would recommend you always check you margin before intraday...
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    Help pls! Can somebody tell me the IB's symbol for Eurex's Swiss Gov Bond?

    US residents cannot trade SMI(Swiss Market Index). The list of equity index futures available was provided in this thread. As a legacy name, SOFFEX is part of Eurex that deals with CHF-based products. So, SOFFEX-listed CONF is Eurex CONF.
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    Help pls! Can somebody tell me the IB's symbol for Eurex's Swiss Gov Bond?

    It should be fixed tomorrow. I will appreciate if you let me know if it works for you.
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    Canadian Question..Questrade loses Cybertrader..need help?

    You definitely can use Ninjatrader and much more: http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/poll/ibconsultants.php?progid=12&ib_entity=llc http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/poll/ibconsultants.php?progid=11&ib_entity=llc
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    Help pls! Can somebody tell me the IB's symbol for Eurex's Swiss Gov Bond?

    We will liquidate CONF futures automatically starting 2 hours before the deadline.
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    Help pls! Can somebody tell me the IB's symbol for Eurex's Swiss Gov Bond?

    We do offer CONF futures. It looks like they should be permitted for US residents but they are not currently. I will try to dig deeper and fix it.
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    Help pls! Can somebody tell me the IB's symbol for Eurex's Swiss Gov Bond?

    If you are US resident, you can trade a restricted set of equity futures. Please, refer to http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/eligibleProducts.php?ib_entity=llc
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    I just opend an IB account - Webtrader or TWS?

    We consider WebTrader as a backup platform and a way to trade behind firewalls. TWS is the way to go.
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    Did IB get freaked out so it still holds 100% intraday margin in some markets?

    This poll is pretty strange. You cannot really affect our corporate policies this way. Instead you are using it to make several incorrect statements. We do not liquidate immediately. There is 10 minutes grace period. We do not liquidate when market is shallow in general. We do not liquidate...
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    IB Crude Oil Margin Reqs

    Sorry, I cannot tell you when we return intraday margin for energy products right now. The decision is still pending.
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    IB Crude Oil Margin Reqs

    That is right. Front month is different. Once again, we just follow NYMEX increase. There was no any changes that depend on our policies. Why you are complaining when your own quote confirms it? Also, it can help to look at http://www.nymex.com/notice_to_member.aspx?id=ntm479&archive=2007
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    IB Crude Oil Margin Reqs

    Please, stop this nonsense. We take margin requirements right from the exchange. We stripped intraday special margins a few months ago. That is it. Right now, maintenance margin for NYMEX CL is $4000. Initial is $5400.
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    crude futs options on IB

    Sorry, we stuck a bit. I hope it will be resolved before the Xmas.
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