Actually, take the $20 K and go to Vegas and spend it on hookers and blow. You will feel better than losing it trading
Easiest thing would be send me the $20000 and I will trade it for you, for a small fee
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arbitration-interactive-auto-liquidat-idUSKBN0LM23620150218...
No, they have bizarre calculations of how they calculate margins. I can only lose $75 on this debit spread but they want $13,486 for margin........
These firms need to be shut down...
There have been a few threads the last few weeks on how badly IB calculates margin. In this thread I showed they charge many more times than...
Why would you want fake news for trading?
They could always do a reverse split. That is what VXX does on a regular basis
I am selling options on indexes (ES) constantly and did not get a notice.
I would like to show them a screen shot or link from IB as proof. They said no change in margin. I will take the word of the representative over...
I asked support if there were any changes in margin coming up. They didn't know of any. Can someone provide a screen shot I can send to support...
My account is IB Canada. All I do is short index and futures options. Checked again and no notice for me. Are you using portfolio margin?
Yes, this looks like Surf again... I looked at his posting history and mot of his posts are in the Surf report thread Baron can you ban Surf...
I just checked my account and I did not get this notice and I am short index all the time. I also checked the website and did not see this posted...
Can a Canadian open a Portfolio Margin account in the US or is it restricted to US citizens only?
Zzzz1 - You didn't answer his question. Do you work for IB? I also asked you this in another thread and you didn't answer me. If you work there...
This makes no sense. There is less liquidity in July 2017 than Dec 2017. So by this logic the margins should be higher in July 2017 not Dec 2017...
I did a debit spread on SPX ad SPY with the same dates and IB calculates those correctly but it is using the RegT calculatio. It is only on ES...
I tried to get an update today. Apparently the Margins department is still looking into it. Not sure if that is good or bad.........
I have asked IB to escalate this to verify if this is working as intended or if it is an error. All the agents I spoke to said they were able to...
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