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  1. Daily P&L goes up but excess liquidity goes down

    Hey. Thanks for your input. I only trade stocks, but some of them have high margin requirements particularly for short positions. So maybe that's...
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 10, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. Daily P&L goes up but excess liquidity goes down

    Hi. I noticed that sometimes my daily P&L will go up but the excess liquidity will go down. Does someone know why this could be happening? Thank you.
    Thread by: nijshar28, Jun 9, 2020, 3 replies, in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. Cash quantity stock orders via the API

    Yep. Makes sense.
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 9, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  4. Cash quantity stock orders via the API

    Hi. I was wondering if it is possible to place a cash quantity stock order via the API. As illustrated here...
    Thread by: nijshar28, Jun 9, 2020, 6 replies, in forum: Interactive Brokers

  5. Minimizing the initial margin impact from many simultaneous orders

    Another thought that I had is that since I am using MKT orders, maybe the prices move against me, between the time I run the whatif check and...
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 9, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. Minimizing the initial margin impact from many simultaneous orders

    Thank you. I think I understand how it is intended to work. But for whatever reason, it doesn't. The what-if feature does make it easier to...
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 9, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  7. Minimizing the initial margin impact from many simultaneous orders

    So this is interesting. I tried pre-submitting the orders with the whatif flag and all of them are returned as compliant. I.e. the projected...
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 9, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. Minimizing the initial margin impact from many simultaneous orders

    Thank you. This is gold.
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 9, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  9. Minimizing the initial margin impact from many simultaneous orders

    Actually that does not make any sense, it is probably due to the value of some other positions (that don't drive the P&L) moving against me. I...
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 8, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  10. Minimizing the initial margin impact from many simultaneous orders

    Another weird thing I noticed is that sometimes my account Net Liquidity and daily P&L will go up, but excess liquidity will go down. I imagine...
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 8, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  11. Minimizing the initial margin impact from many simultaneous orders

    I hear you. But I don't think this is how IB verifies that the initial margin requirements are met. I have about 20K of excess liquidity in my...
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 8, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  12. Minimizing the initial margin impact from many simultaneous orders

    Yeah. That's what I am thinking. I just need to figure out how to adjust and re-submit the orders on the fly via the API.
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 8, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  13. Minimizing the initial margin impact from many simultaneous orders

    I see. Thanks!
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 8, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  14. Minimizing the initial margin impact from many simultaneous orders

    I am using IB at the moment.
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 8, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  15. Minimizing the initial margin impact from many simultaneous orders

    Hi everyone. I often get some of my orders rejected due to the initial margin requirement being exceeded, when I try to place many orders at once....
    Thread by: nijshar28, Jun 8, 2020, 16 replies, in forum: Interactive Brokers

  16. Getting around the special margin requirements

    Hey. Thanks for all the info. I appreciate it.
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 4, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  17. Getting around the special margin requirements

    Interesting. I am not trading options yet. But this should make for a good bedtime reading :) Thanks!
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 4, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  18. Getting around the special margin requirements

    I hear you. I may have exaggerated a bit. I am trading odd lots though. Can you please elaborate why the lot size may matter risk-wise? More...
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 4, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  19. Getting around the special margin requirements

    @guru Hey man. Thanks for your input. I will look into the Reg T rules, as you suggest. I am pretty sure the requirement is less that 100% though,...
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 4, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  20. Getting around the special margin requirements

    89 cents
    Post by: nijshar28, Jun 4, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers
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