Interactivebrokers: Different Margin Req on Long vs Short Trades ???

[Pantalaimon]

Hi all,

bit stunned atm to say the least.

I wasn't able to put on the short position on the Bund Future that I wanted to.

Long positions at the same time would however have been possible.

On asking I was informed by my third party software and trade execution provider that IB has differing FGBL margin requirements of at this time


for longs of € 3482,-

for shorts of € 3950,-


And I have never experienced that so far either ever, in no Futures I traded with them, margin was always the same for longs and shorts.

Would be great if someone could shed some light on this.

Thanks

 

[Pantalaimon]

Sorry just saw that there is a IB specific forum section.

Just reposted this there, so feel free to delete this by now double.

Thanks

 

[ids]

This is normal. Why margin, which is the measure of risk, should be the same?