That's really absurd. Obviously you'd have an issue if in the middle of the day they changed their commissions to $1000 a share or they changed...
It's just so bizarre to me. A human being should be able to look at an account and it's history and see what the risk is of IB taking a loss....
Exactly. What if I was in on vacation abroad this week? I'm actually going on a cruise in a few months where I will have very limited access...
woops meant to quote this when i responded with the above: "No big deal if that's the rule to begin with, its quite big of a deal if its...
That's by far my biggest gripe. They assume everyone can just liquidate or add money w/in 2 trading days because on a whim they decided small...
This just wasn't thought out. They figured that they make so little on financing that the risk isn't worth it but they failed to realize they...
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I think this is a game changer. If they don't reverse the rule, I will be transferring my account to a prime broker. I have a material account...
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