zdreg, As a side note, see page 26, Optioncoach's comments; i.e. the 50:1 leverage in a box spread did not represent risk to IB. Anyway, we both...
Your message (page 26) was appreciated. What are potential examples of bad liquidations which IB takes responsibility for?
Thanks for the info.
Not handling your question, but BTW, you had better be triply careful with using margin allowances with IB on illiquid options, as anything that...
Funny in its own right.
Not yet. Only when IB pays the bill.
Incorrect. The clear win was for the IB customer. This thread so far has led to IB making corrections & improvements in their algorithms....
That's actually the best service you can provide to humanity.
For starters (ROUND I), so you can understand better how this is relevant to YOU, see page 26 of this thread, message by IDS: 1) IB says...
Seems interesting that your biggest joy is a product of ignorance.
It took the salesman about 20 e-mail exchanges before getting the account. The problem occurred because the salesman himself did not know about...
...here, because the liquidations occurred because of leverage, it ignored leverage issues, and corporate saw that it MAY also have been ignoring...
As this might be of relevance to some people, this is what IB salesman said when the positions were all alive: "IB will logically reduce parts...
Yes.
Answer: reparations and repairing. We have more than one broker, each has its advantages.
To Jimrockford: I think the difference is between liquidations for margin (the mass majority of cases), versus liquidations for other reasons....
It liquidated individual legs, leaving many loose ends, which definitely affected the delta. More importantly, I will explain clearly what I...
Yet, in order that the not-so-common occurrences should NOT scare anyone away, IMHO, illustrating to everyone that when it DOES happen it would...
Thank you.
Because of my respect for you, let's say I take for granted there are some cases what you are saying is true. But IMHO, this case was totally...
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