Interactive Brokers just removed $100,000+ from my account

FCM's, holding a large balance is risky... just call a clearing firm at CME and trade through their desk.

http://www.cmegroup.com/clearing/financial-and-regulatory-surveillance/clearing-firms.html

 

Tell IB that you`ll report this case to the relative regulator to see what IB will do.

 

My account balance as reported by the API was once light by a similar amount. I did have a brief heart attack but by the time I had logged in to account management it had been fixed.

Computers aren't full proof (neither are people).

GAT

 

You forgot to mention you have a huge penis.

 

1, the issue was resolved quickly.
2. you go to a regulator in the brokerage business only after exhausting every other possibility of resolving the issue.
3. you have 2 posts and you are want to be a troublemaker for the sake of being a troublemaker.

final thought:you will get a lot further in life by being a problem solver rather than being a troublemaker.

 

1.Are you born to have these 10251 posts?
2.I never want to be a troublemaker except protecting my money.
3.It works for me to do that and it`s not so exhausting.

 

If there was no transfer from your account I assume that it was a bad mark on a position you are holding. This could be a bad quote coming from an exchange, or a bad print which causes IB to mark a position away from fair value. If this happened you would see a dramatic change in your equity without any transfers or erroneous trades in your account.

If it ever happens again, check your positions and where they are "marking" each one.

 

that is the correct reply. i am not faulting you but if this reply was received early on, it would have eliminated some of the idiotic remarks which were posted later on or then maybe not.

 

@FLfutures, pay no mind to @algofy and @FreakofNature. As anyone can easily see, their attempts at contributing to this thread clearly have no worth as they are just failed envious pikers who lack the capacity to add value (which is perhaps the source of their frustration and vitriol). Your posts are much appreciated as I have been trying to obtain yesterday's Statement from IB and it is still not available--which is likely a related issue.

 

Could be a settlement issue. As the cash and securities move in and out of the account (from 3 days ago). Normally this will be done without you seeing it but a glitch might have caused it come to your front end.