you can do that of course, but it would help your reputation if you did not make up some stories
IB increases Over night Initial margin for ES
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a) "my rationale as to WHY they would pre-emptively raise their margin requirements (low vol begets high vol)" -> that is YOUR rational and you supported that rational with your wild claim that IB knows about future market moves while the rest of the market does not. Who is on a slippery slope here?
b) your claim that you are trading with them for 19 years is a lie unless you were directly connecting to Globex 1998 because only in 1999 IB started offering trading to clients on its own IB platform. I highly doubt you did that, hence most likely another of your nefarious claims.
c) You can do the same by yourself for all other contracts, simple web search. And I always said that IB is not in the spreading business, else they would adjust their margin requirements. A spreader is better off elsewhere. Their cash and futures fx margins are in line, so are their regT margins (standard, no deviation here), their margins on many other outright futures are not out of line, either. The only thing that is out of place is spreads and it seems apparent even to kids that this is a business IB does not want.
b) your claim that you are trading with them for 19 years is a lie unless you were directly connecting to Globex 1998 because only in 1999 IB started offering trading to clients on its own IB platform. I highly doubt you did that, hence most likely another of your nefarious claims.
c) You can do the same by yourself for all other contracts, simple web search. And I always said that IB is not in the spreading business, else they would adjust their margin requirements. A spreader is better off elsewhere. Their cash and futures fx margins are in line, so are their regT margins (standard, no deviation here), their margins on many other outright futures are not out of line, either. The only thing that is out of place is spreads and it seems apparent even to kids that this is a business IB does not want.
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Opened an account with them in 1998. How much are you willing to wager on it?
My bad, 18 years.
Thanks for correcting your mistake, it could not have been 19 years. And awesome, so you must have some serious issues to hate your broker so much and continuously complain about them in public yet stick with them for 18 years. Funny to say the least. Well good luck with that, hope you don't get a heart attack over this business relationship.
Lies, lies and more lies. I've made exactly one post about IB. I simply explained their rationale for raising margins, listed the reasons why OTHERS dislike IB.
Now, if you continue with this troll behavior, I'll also report it to Magna.
Sick burn, dude. 19 and 18 are very different deals...depending on which state you are in.
Why are people bitching about futures trading in the Retail Brokers sub-forum? Bunch of whiners.
IB did not onboard retail 19 years ago. Hence my question for clarification. That poster has a tendency to invent stories. Check out the P&R forum. Usually people bitch about IB because they are unhappy with IB's margin policy. Take it or leave it, simple as that but the moaning by unhappy customers makes zero sense, especially not for someone who claims to have been with them for 18 years.
...yes specifically for high probability blow-up customers. I would not be all that desperate about gaining such folks' business either. Go figure...
You made up stories how IB seems to have some insight knowledge of future market direction, which is preposterous. Please report me to whomever, you are a free man.