IB maintenance margin calculator
- Thread starter merc1979
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If you hold overnight balances, margin savings override commission savings in all but the most transaction intensive strategies. ie For equities, 1000+ transactions per 100k average balance per month.
Brokerage commissions across the industry are already scraping the floor. The key is finding a broker where you can realize the best price improvement. Perhaps, through dark pool / complex order book access. Unfortunately, the independent assessment of this is a very esoteric thing and most retail folks just go by feel/perception.
Brokerage commissions across the industry are already scraping the floor. The key is finding a broker where you can realize the best price improvement. Perhaps, through dark pool / complex order book access. Unfortunately, the independent assessment of this is a very esoteric thing and most retail folks just go by feel/perception.
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The result is: It's +- same. I don't have a detailed calculation, because I write down trades after commission deducting, but it's always more or less 2 USD for option spread, no surprise with TradeStation. But please note, that on my TradeStation account I usually do trades with 25+ contracts.
Thank you for the info, cheers for coming back!
I just started my PM account.. see how it goes
Margin requirements differ between Portfolio margin and RET T account with IB, but the commissions remain the same, well commissions might depend on the volumes traded and the amounts borrowed but not on the REG T/portfolio margin status