There are three active IB threads: IB and automatic liquidation www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=226522 Should you close your IB account now? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=198220 IB margin changes www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=227360 The 1st and 2nd threads are about the same topic. The third thread started off being about a specific issue (margins on stocks with a market cap less than 250 million), but has now just become a general thread about IB margin policy and liquidation policy. In other words, it has morphed into a thread which is substantially similar to the first two. Can two of these threads be closed with a redirect to one of them? My suggestion is that "Should you close your IB account now?" and "IB margin changes" should be closed and that "IB and automatic liquidation" should remain open. This is because the ongoing conversation is about "IB and automatic liquidation".
This thread http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=230534 probably belongs in the "Retail firms" forum
More generally, user "jayre" is regularly bumping multiple old threads for the purpose of querying IB policy. In my opinion, once is OK, but anything more than that is excessive. 24 October http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3336446#post3336446 9 November http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3353196#post3353196 11 November http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3356140#post3356140 Likewise, user Options12 is doing the same in this thread. 1 November http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3344450#post3344450
Jayre is still upset with IB because of a margin call back in August. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=225150