Some potentially new Interactive Broker Marketing Slogans . . . "Quit your whinin & bitchin . . . you get what you pay for." or "You want WHAT? HAHAHAHAHAHAH" or "The Customer is always right my a$$ . . . we're always right and you're a nitwit." These are just my showing of my warped sense of humor and if one finds any similarity to these sayings and real life occurrences, it is simply coincidental.
I'm amazed at how many people didn't read/understand the original post. Wait. No I'm not. I would object to the requested change, unless it's made configurable, as I'd like my BP to remain available as long as possible without having to stop what I'm doing in the middle of the day to request the transfer (instead of doing it at night). However, I'm used to carefully monitoring my position size without relying on the margin calcs in the account window.
Right. I wish it were that simple when you have a combination of long and short positions. Go ahead and call IB and ask them how intraday BP is calculated with long and short positions. You'll get silence on the other end.