IB raising margin every week?

[osorico]

Quote from lsudaytrade:

if its an exchange minimum, then why are other brokers significantly less than those amounts listed?

if its the minimum required by CME, then ES should also be $6188 by all brokers?

i've only been trying out ES & YM since ER2 is out.

TECHNICALLY, exchange minimum initial and maintenance margins apply to open positions only after the day-session has closed. Therefore, INTRADAY margins are able to set by individual brokerages, clearing firms, and/or customer negotiations, since there are no applicable open positions after the day-session close.

Regardless of margin however, CME (and other exchanges) implement real-time Mark-to-Market of open positions multiple times through out the trading day, in addition to risk management and valuations imposed by individual brokerages or clearing firms.

Osorico

 

[BlueStreek]

overnight, isn`t the issue, it is intraday 500 at other firms, versus the same for overnight/intraday at ib, that used to be much different at ib, this is why many people leaving ib, they need to reduce their intraday margin bigtime!!!