Thanks for the useful tip, which should be known to my friend by me. For a possible next question in the future, do you keep watching my ET posting here, OR better to send email directly to you?
It never ceases to amaze me when people go in the most round about way of getting information. A quick msg to IB themselves would answer all "your friends" questions, and accurately. This unfounded fear of "your friend" having a crappy credit score will somehow "poison the well" if he asks for himself is the same kind of behavior that will cause "your friend" to not trade well. Good luck, and may the trading Gods be with you (oops, I meant to say "to your friend"). Good luck to both of you.