IB and another a/c

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osho67

IB has asked me to open another a/c if I want to trade non us products. IB advertises that you can trade all exchanges and all products from one universal a/c.
This is really not practical as I have to split my capital . I have to monitor two separate portfolios. And I cant have both a/cs as portfolio margin a/c .
Why this change has come. Any information? Thanks
 
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IB has asked me to open another a/c if I want to trade non us products. IB advertises that you can trade all exchanges and all products from one universal a/c.
This is really not practical as I have to split my capital . I have to monitor two separate portfolios. And I cant have both a/cs as portfolio margin a/c .
Why this change has come. Any information? Thanks
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PM might be the issue. Foreign securities don't get PM. And you're looking to buy them in foreign currencies and hold them that way. You can't do that in a PM account. You will need another account at any broker.
 
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PM might be the issue. Foreign securities don't get PM. And you're looking to buy them in foreign currencies and hold them that way. You can't do that in a PM account. You will need another account at any broker.
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I have traded non us products for last several years. There was no problem IB would advance me the related currency .

I have sent a message to them to explain .
 
I'm not a US citizen but have a IB PM account where I can trade both US and non US products. OP's issue does sound strange.
 
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IB has asked me to open another a/c if I want to trade non us products. IB advertises that you can trade all exchanges and all products from one universal a/c.
This is really not practical as I have to split my capital . I have to monitor two separate portfolios. And I cant have both a/cs as portfolio margin a/c .
Why this change has come. Any information? Thanks
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Other than opening the account where some non-us products will be held, it should be seamless to you in terms of of capital allocation. You do not need to monitor two separate portfolios.
 
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Other than opening the account where some non-us products will be held, it should be seamless to you in terms of of capital allocation. You do not need to monitor two separate portfolios.
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Thanks.
You say some non us products. So can some be traded in original a/c?Will there be a list some can be traded and some cant be traded. Please clarify. Thanks
 
Actually I do have 2 account, IBUK is used for Cfds and IB llc for all or most other products AFAIK. If you are looking for a similar set up (but reading your OP it seems a bit different), it's pretty easy to use and the portfolio is consolidated under a single window. You'd need to monitor where the funds are beeing held precisely though, as you could be charged margin on the A subaccount when available funds are sitting idle in the B subaccount, you could also see GBP on your account window and want to buy USD with it for instance, but end up keeping the original GBP in 1 subbaccount and borrow the same amount of GBP in the other subaccount, than be charged for borrowing it. A little confusing at first.
 
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