Stocks via API + Futures spreads broker?

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tomas262

I am currently with IB here is what I do and need to optimize somehow:
  • Trading long / short stocks (including penny stocks) via IB API (python)
  • Trading futures spreads manually (discretionary)
What I do not like about that is IB margin policy especially
  • They do not respect CME SPAN system and cook their margins according to own risk analysis (2 or 3 times SPAN)
  • 100% margin for cheap (< $5) long stocks
  • Short stocks margin can be as high as 1000 % etc.
  • IB auto-liquidation makes not much sense to me especially if they start cutting spreads half :)

Does anybody know a possible option for me to have more friendly system? Maybe Lightspeed? I am an EU-based citizen
 
Looking around this seems like an impossible setup that only IB can do with cons mentioned
Maybe splitting funds for futures and stocks trading will simplify things significantly
 
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