Hey all of you out there trading dipbuyers... I trade a dipbuyer system on US stocks...and here are the YTD results... I was up 27% for the...
oh. mine is not showing it...and I'm running the latest TWS version...
Yeah. that's right. Try PM button won't show unless your account is above 100k. By the way...PM once again came through for me. I trade two...
One thing I don't understand is why so many people voted against PM for account below 100,000$? What possible reason could they have not to...
I use Excess Liquidity/Initial Margin*Leverage to get the max leverage I can use under current investing(stockpicking) rules. Also, the...
Mine took 2 or 3 days to get approved... But that was almost immediately after they introduced it, maybe they have more applications now so it...
Yes. You can get maybe even more than 6:1 leverage (stock, overnight) if you structure the trade/trades right. You don't even have to pair...
Why?:confused:
ids, is my feature request even possible? is there any way for IB to decrease account size required for PM if it wanted to?
You are not supposed to be 600% invested all the time. The margin is there only when you need it...and those time for me are rare but very...
mskl, I think you got it wrong. Current rules state that as long as you are above the 100k mark you are eligible for portfolio margin (and...
If i got it right... the only exemption mentioned on the page is related to exemption from RegT day trading rules for those who are approved...
Did you know that by switching to Portfolio Margin rules ( from RegT rules) at IB you get as much as 300% increase in capital available for...
Click here to see the thread where IB representative states that they eliminated odd-lots for US markets
As of today IB has eliminated the ability to place odd lot orders for US markets which makes money management on smaller accounts impossible....
oh...:eek: ...thanks. should've checked first... I trade a completely mechanical system that signals tenths of trades so I don't have the...
What happened with this stock!? Yesterday I watched it close at 35.06 but today Interactive brokers TWS shows closing price at 32.56 ??? It...
I swing trade on a short term basis (trades lasting for up to three weeks) and heavily rely on fundamental trade confirmation (after my system...
I don't want to turn this thread into a log so i'll keep it short. I'm up 10% since starting, but no long trades at all were signaled/taken...
Only five of the trades were short. Profit distribution was more or less equal over all of the trades, ranging from 1% to 2% Equity. Risk on...
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