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  1. IBKR and naked put assignment

    You'll borrow money on margin to fund the purchase. Margin requirements are more or less agnostic between long stock and ITM short puts so your...
    Post by: lpope, Oct 15, 2020 in forum: Options

  2. IB: "...terminate our relationship with you..."

    My experience was that IB conflates wealth and income for the AML stuff. After some back and forth, I found what they really wanted from me was...
    Post by: lpope, Oct 14, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. SHLL ticker change to HYLN increased margin requirement a lot

    Best bet is to contact support via chat and ask them if they can fix it. Don't count on the situation resolving itself quickly even though there's...
    Post by: lpope, Oct 2, 2020 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  4. IB TWS "Virtual FX Position" problem

    It's not rocket science - your friend is long GBP5,585. The "virtual fx" position has nothing to do with ownership of any assets. At some point...
    Post by: lpope, Dec 3, 2010 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  5. Iraq and Interactive Brokers

    It's well documented on Elite Trader that IB sucks like this. It's not you and it's not even really where you're from. Iraq is just one way to...
    Post by: lpope, Jul 2, 2008 in forum: Retail Brokers

  6. Archiving of IB activity statements

    what version of ie are you using? if something other than the latest version, that could be your problem. the new html statements have problems...
    Post by: lpope, Jan 23, 2008 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  7. nonsense or am i a newb?

    Thank you for being so helpful TorontoTrader. Obviously I need to go trade at Etrade... Maybe you can prove your knowledge and be a bit more...
    Post by: lpope, Oct 22, 2007 in forum: Retail Brokers

  8. nonsense or am i a newb?

    I know the order won't execute. However, I would expect it to be the ask price.
    Post by: lpope, Oct 22, 2007 in forum: Retail Brokers

  9. nonsense or am i a newb?

    Can anyone help me out by explaining to me what the CSR means. It sounds like nonsense to me, but possibly I just don't understand. ChatSys:...
    Thread by: lpope, Oct 22, 2007, 6 replies, in forum: Retail Brokers

  10. IB Problem With Margin IRAs?

    Perhaps fees settle on T when trades settle on T+3. This could result in negative cash balance if you push close to account equity limits.
    Post by: lpope, Oct 23, 2006 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  11. which brokers pay interest on money like IB?

    fidelity has excellent sweep account options. better than ib for almost all situations. the straight up fido money market has similar rates to ib,...
    Post by: lpope, Oct 9, 2006 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  12. IB Made an Error. Will They Fix It?

    you just need to be patient. my experience is that they will do right by you. i wish ib were better as there are no efficiencies to be gained by...
    Post by: lpope, Sep 5, 2006 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  13. IB Option Assignment

    Thanks for the link freehouse. If someone from IB is paying attention, this policy is ambiguous because it does not differentiate between...
    Post by: lpope, Jul 24, 2006 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  14. IB Option Assignment

    Does anyone know the method IB uses to distribute option assignments between accounts? I was suprised to find 32/50 at-the-money nakid puts were...
    Thread by: lpope, Jul 24, 2006, 3 replies, in forum: Interactive Brokers

  15. IB Suggestions & Improvements

    for those of us who are forced to used webtrader behind corporate firewalls, it would be nice if you lined up decimal places in the same location...
    Post by: lpope, Jun 1, 2006 in forum: Interactive Brokers
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