ES margin is dropping 8% on Monday as well as bunch of other products
http://www.cmegroup.com/notices/clearing/2017/05/Chadv17-167.pdf
http://www.cmegroup.com/notices/clearing/2017/05/Chadv17-167.pdf
ES margin is dropping 8% on Monday (which IB will ignore)
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Robert Morse
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Thank you.
ib no longer caters to traders which at one time they were very good for, now they are trying to get customers who otherwise would go to Schwab. They detract from traders one item at a time and try to make it easy for everybody. Now they send me no reply emails warning me of the dangers of mkt orders anytime I use one to bail.
Does anyone know if this will consequently cause a reduction in the margin requirements for short ES options?
Robert Morse
Sponsor
May I ask where you got that figure?
https://investors.interactivebrokers.com/ir/main.php
Download the monthly brokerage metrics pdf and divide the increase in customer deposits by number of new accounts. I guess this includes gains if the market has risen though it seems like $44b is in customer credits which I presume is cash.
Robert Morse
Sponsor
thx
Actually i've noticed several small caps getting standard margin treatment lately with IB, on a portfolio margin account, while I had been bothered many times with higher/100% margin requirements for similar stocks.
So i'm wondering wether IB loosened a bit its margin requirements, which would be good news.
So i'm wondering wether IB loosened a bit its margin requirements, which would be good news.
---and so should you---