Another useful way to see your margin usage is to go to the Account Mgmt web site for IB, login, go to Reports->Supplemental->Margin Reports. It...
Yes the last one I received was on Nov 2nd last year. The link was for node/1988 if you want to look up the last set of symbols. I think you...
I believe IB sends out this notice every quarter or so to alert traders of *new* low cap stocks they're adding to the no-margin list. The list...
Ah, so I'm not supposed to disagree with any policy changes IB decides to make because they always know better than me? I sure hope you don't...
From IB: "This change is intended to recognize the well-known risks of micro and small cap stock which, relative to larger cap stocks, tend to be...
I was a little surprised they went as high as 250mil cap instead of say 100mil for this change because it makes probably 2/3rd's of listed US...
Thank you for the clarification IBj. That matches what I assumed would be the case, although the wording on the email does indicate those with...
It's fairly clear that the formula IB used to decide who to send emails to was overly simplistic. I'm sure the point of this initial email was to...
I received the same email today too, with a ratio of about 25:1 for the sample period they measured. I have no idea what timeframe they used...
Richard, Look under Configuration in TWSStart for Java Setting. I think you needed to add the new jar files into the classpath. Here's what I...
This MC posting came out a month ago, BTW. Such a tax would pretty much wipe out the hedge fund industry causing massive liquidation of hedge...
Is there any research on the effect to mutual fund returns if paying a transaction tax? Maybe only a 1/2 to 2% loss against annual returns,...
Island is down. Is that what you're seeing?
Hmmm.... the bulletin is gone from my accounts this morning -- did IB change their mind? If so, please give us a little more advance warning of a...
Wow, every day it's a new trading challenge with IB. Although I have quite a few smallcaps, I'm far enough below the margin level for this not to...
Looks like we only have about 8300 shortable US stocks this morning. That number appears to be decreasing everyday.
Earlier in the year there was usually around 11k shortable stocks. Now there's about 9k. However, even some of those 9k could results in a T+3...
This happened to me today as well. I was forced to cover and close out about half of my short positions in several stocks. Two of them in fact...
An HSA rolls over each year (you might be thinking of a FSA). I have a $6k deductible, so as long as I put in enough each January to keep the HSA...
I went with the Anthem Lumenos HSA w/ a $6k deductible. Only about $320/mo for my family (wife, 2 kids). We live in Ohio.
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