Interactivebrokers: Different Margin Req on Long vs Short Trades ???

Hi all,

bit stunned atm to say the least.

I wasn't able to put on the short position on the Bund Future that I wanted to.

Long positions at the same time would however have been possible.

On asking I was informed by my third party software and trade execution provider that IB has differing FGBL margin requirements of at this time


for longs of € 3482,-

for shorts of € 3950,-


And I have never experienced that so far either ever, in no Futures I traded with them, margin was always the same for longs and shorts.

Would be great if someone could shed some light on this.

Thanks

 

Sorry just saw that there is a IB specific forum section.

Just reposted this there, so feel free to delete this by now double.

Thanks

 

This is normal. Why margin, which is the measure of risk, should be the same?