fees and commissions question

i am not us based. Who is offering me regular shares? My current broker? yes they do. my broker offers me the entire us market except obviously that of pink sheets and etc. Does IB offer this as well for cfds or is it just indices? And can someone explain to me the leverage IB offers on CFDS/ its so freakin confusing.
 
FOR INSTANCE my broker gives me a 12 to 1 leverage o questions asked. However with IB it seems they dictate that depneding on market cap. and its not easy to determine. i think they say it was 10%. but 10% of what. of my account size. So if my account size is at 100 theyll give me only 10 $ extra??
 
In that case I think you don't have the 25k minimum with IB, so they could be a good option. I honestly didn't realize IB offered CFDs, so I was confused on that. I've been happy with them trading regular shares.
 
WHAT KIND OF leverage do they give you on regular shares? my broker is 3 to 1. however it comes with serious regulations. they wont gives this on stocks and only stocks above certain price. is this the same with IB or are they more liberal
 
It may depend on the country your account is setup with. In the US 4:1 is basically standard for intraday and 2:1 for overnight. All brokers will limit this for low float and cheap stocks because if you blow up they are on the hook for the extraneous losses. With IB it is hard to know until you've already typed up an order what they will give you, but you get a feel for it if you trade a lot of OTCs. A good rule of thumb is stocks under $3 are likely to run into trouble.
 
Tradezero is said to have commision free limit orders (and also offers cfd's). They don't accept US customers so I have no experience with them. Too bad, I paid $1200 in commisions last month
 
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