IB increases Over night Initial margin for ES

[eastern_warrior]

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.

I was curious and looked this up. Their history is on their site:
1998

• IB begins to clear online trades for retail customers who are connected directly to Globex to trade S&P futures.

https://www.interactivebrokers.com.hk/en/index.php?f=564

 

[Zzzz1]

That's exactly to the dot what I said.

I was curious and looked this up. Their history is on their site:
1998

• IB begins to clear online trades for retail customers who are connected directly to Globex to trade S&P futures.

https://www.interactivebrokers.com.hk/en/index.php?f=564

 

[W.J. Feathermaker III]

I was curious and looked this up. Their history is on their site:
1998

• IB begins to clear online trades for retail customers who are connected directly to Globex to trade S&P futures.

https://www.interactivebrokers.com.hk/en/index.php?f=564

Yes, trollboy will go the ends of the earth to try and prove himself right. I should have been more clear, it was 18 years ago 4 months.

 

[Zzzz1]

You claimed you have an account with them for that long time yet you use every opportunity to complain about them? Is that rational at all?

Yes, trollboy will go the ends of the earth to try and prove himself right. I should have been more clear, it was 18 years ago 4 months.

 

[W.J. Feathermaker III]

You claimed you have an account with them for that long time yet you use every opportunity to complain about them? Is that rational at all?

Show me all of these posts where I complain about them. I've had next to no complaints whatsoever.

You continue to troll this site with complete b.s.

 

[Zzzz1]

One only has to read your drivel in the P&R forums to get a very clear idea about who is putting up lies and falsehood.

Show me all of these posts where I complain about them. I've had next to no complaints whatsoever.

You continue to troll this site with complete b.s.

 

[W.J. Feathermaker III]

One only has to read your drivel in the P&R forums to get a very clear idea about who is putting up lies and falsehood.

In other words, you couldn't find all of those imaginary posts that I've made about IB.

Too bad, trollboy.

 

[murray t turtle]

It was around 6800 some days back now it is 7318.15
Not sure why they keep on increasing this lol. Most other brokers charge less.

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Good question; ever look @ both sides of the trade?????And i wonder how many traders complained-outraged when IB auto[margin call] sell kicked out a sell/close order @ among the worst prices ?? Comprehende??[2] Put another way,C trader are you aware the most foreclosures, come from least money down ????? PS; be careful i noticed questions like this --when silver hit about $50, what was that, about $250,000 per contract ;>> than many houses????? LOL; good question

 

[cutetrader]

Its Increased again
8502.80 now. Wow!!!

 

[Sig]

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Good question; ever look @ both sides of the trade?????And i wonder how many traders complained-outraged when IB auto[margin call] sell kicked out a sell/close order @ among the worst prices ?? Comprehende??[2] Put another way,C trader are you aware the most foreclosures, come from least money down ????? PS; be careful i noticed questions like this --when silver hit about $50, what was that, about $250,000 per contract ;>> than many houses????? LOL; good question

You do the "comprehende" thing just to annoy people, or are you showing off your Spanish skills (It's comprende by the way)?
There are lots of reasons why high margin kills otherwise low to no risk strategies, buying naked futures isn't the only way to trade them. A little humility about the potential that there might be strategies out there that you don't know about or "comprende" would go a long way.