IB IDEALPRO FX 21 hours

Discussion in 'Interactive Brokers' started by IBj, Dec 16, 2004.

  1. ddunbar

    ddunbar Guest

    But what about the margin rates? Going from 2% to 1%?
     
    #11     May 5, 2006
  2. IBj

    IBj Interactive Brokers

    Sorry, not likely. I am considering lowering the margin for max liquidity hours but 100:1 is risky for the broker so even that is not very popular around here. For an account with 100K, we can handle that risk, even if we dont want to. Our system puts clients directly to the market and they can easily trade 100M without any alarms going off. And if 5 minutes later, there is economic news ...

    Remember silver last week. 17% move. Doesn't happen often but it does happen. Extreme leverage is extremely dangerous.
     
    #12     May 5, 2006
  3. squeeze

    squeeze

    Have you looked at the South African Rand and Danish Krone?

    Didn't think the Ruble did much.
     
    #13     May 5, 2006
  4. TGM

    TGM

    Add them all and the let the market makers do their job. The Ruble is pretty interesting. I am surprised you guys would venture there---but it is an oil currency and they massive gold deposits.
     
    #14     May 5, 2006