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    CLOSE-OUT ADVISORY

    I just received a notice saying this has been resolved, so I guess no liquidation for now...
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    CLOSE-OUT ADVISORY

    It was more of a "we are closing your position tomorrow if we cant find shares" than a chance to cover. I see now there are 0 shares available in the app, so I'll probably get liquidated at a lousy fill today.
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    CLOSE-OUT ADVISORY

    Why am I getting a short close out advisory for 6,000 shares of ULCC? The app shows 400,000 shares available.
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    Do margin debit balances and short stock collateral cancel each other out?

    $2M long stock -$1M margin $1M nav If I then short $1M worth of stock is my effective margin $0?
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    IBKR mobile app chart resolution

    I got it. Had to zoom out with monthly bars first then switch to daily.
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    IBKR mobile app chart resolution

    Yes
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    IBKR mobile app chart resolution

    I got a new phone yesterday and I cant figure out why my daily charts on the new device have much fewer bars than the old phone. Is there a setting i'm missing?
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    Basket Order will not load limit prices?

    I have this problem too after I switched to the offline TWS when my regular TWS stopped loading.
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    Anyone able to log in to bill pay?

    I have not been able to get it to load on my computer for a couple weeks. It says secure-ibkr.pd.gpsrv.com took too long to respond. I have tried Chrome & Firefox
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    Do you pay attention to slippage?

    I trade some stuff thats not terribly liquid.
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    Do you pay attention to slippage?

    I'm more interested in using it as a measure of transaction costs for backtesting/modeling.
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    Do you pay attention to slippage?

    Fill price vs the bid/ask midpoint.
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    Do you pay attention to slippage?

    I reviewed my IBKR transaction cost report for last year; I incurred 30 basis points in slippage on average and paid 32.5 cents per 100 shares commission. It works out to around $55,000 in costs, or 8% of my gross profit last year.
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    Reg T Margin vs Portfolio Margin

    Are there any downsides to opting for portfolio margin vs Reg T margin in a long-only stock account? No hedging or derivatives. I am currently using Reg T margin and limit overnight leverage to 1.5x. If I opt for Portfolio Margin, the current margin cushion is much larger, but is there a...
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    How do I enroll in the IBKR sweep program?

    Yes I've read through all that, but I dont see any link on my mgmt page.
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    How do I enroll in the IBKR sweep program?

    I'm talking about bank sweep to FDIC account, sorry.
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    How do I enroll in the IBKR sweep program?

    I dont see the setting in my account profile. I have a joint account.
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    IBKR bill pay

    Still not working for me, anyone else having trouble? I have some bills to pay...
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    IBKR bill pay

    I cant log in to bill pay with Chrome or Firefox today??
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    How to use IBKR mobile to approve ach debit?

    Had to activate two-factor key.
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