Dude, Please, just check the IB website's grid for U.S. options margin requirements, third row down from the top, third column across from the...
This isn't true. If an option spread is American style exercise, and the short leg is assigned prior to expiry, and then the underlying...
Stefan_777, I think you are misinterpreting IB's margin rules for cash accounts. Take a look at the row for "Short Naked Puts", in the...
I beg to differ, stefan_777. See http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/p.php?f=margin. It shows that IB does allow short naked puts in a...
I believe your assertion is not correct. If held in a cash account at IB, an American-style expiration or physically settled put spread has...
Question for OP: Were you trading in a cash account, or in a margin account?
Regulation NMS does provide some very important protection for retail brokerage customers, but it still allows brokers a very wide range of...
Yes, you can set a limit price as part of your REL order at IB.
IB's REL (relative) order type, if you specify an offset of 1 cent, does what you want.
Yes, this is called an Exchange for Physical, or EFP, and IB provides a great deal of support for EFPs, including very low commissions, an...
Bob, have you tried sending email to csmgmt@interactivebrokers.com?
Some of you guys were kind of disrespectful to samaritan. You shouldn't be suprised that he left the thread. Maybe if they were treated more...
SIPC, at any broker, never protects funds used to margin futures or foreign currency trades. SIPC, at IB, protects only those funds and securities...
Here is just a wild guess, based on my past experience. Did you have any market depth windows open at the time you last exited TWS, so that...
I doubt whether you should be trading at IB, if you don't know what ISLAND means. You need to learn more about order routing and execution, before...
Sorry to see you leave this site, Oldtrader. I think you do have much knowledge to contribute to this site, and particularly to discussions about...
Oh, yes, I've posted this many times. Medved QT technical support is top-notch.
Perhaps your quotes were stale or lagging.
I don't know anything about European stock order routing, and I can't understand most of your post, but I can identify one particular weakness in...
What do you mean by "natively"?
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