zdreq, the info you are giving throughout this thread is incorrect. You are confusing the issue of interest calculations with the very...
If you hold nothing overnite, then at IB, your settled cash will always equal your account balance, and you will earn interest on your account...
I'm also a supporter of IB, and I feel my salary is way too low. It is approximately zero. No, actually, it is just exactly zero. Anyway, here...
Quote from stock777: This is not correct. If the stock moves down, you will earn all the interest you would earn if the stock didn't move,...
I disagree. The risk of an OCC default is remote but real. What if the stock market is closed, so that you cannot sell your stock leg? What if...
I agree.
Perhaps many of these firms are managed by former used car salesmen.
Look into pegged ECN orders. Also consider using the RELative order type provided by IB.
IB is at its best, and shows it greatest strengths, when everything functions the way it should, which is almost all of the time. IB shows its...
If they made a deal with you, and you have it documented in email, I am sure they will keep their promises, even though unusual situations like...
Most of the criticism of IB is either false or uninformed or both, and comes from competitors pretending to be customers, or from customers...
Interactive Brokers has a minimum commission of either $1 or 70 cents, depending on which schedule of commissions you choose.
How do you know IB's customer assets will go down? Perhaps IB's customer assets will go up! Perhaps risk-averse traders will recognize that IB is...
Interactive Brokers. Alerts which trigger orders, conditional orders, user-programmable API, etc., multiple ways of doing what you want.
ZRA really has no idea what he is talking about. Futures brokers generally do not pay interest at all. ZRA obviously doesn't know this. He...
vectors101, Any broker deserves compensation for its services, including the cost of maintaining small accounts. IB makes full disclosure of...
It is only a matter of time before ZRA's trading capital will be wiped to zero or negative. He doesn't understand the risks involved in trading.
No, you are wrong. I read the site, and I trade through IB, and I know you are wrong from my own trading experience. Cancel fees apply only to...
No, IB does not charge a fee for every cancel/replace. IB charges only in certain situations. IB never charges for any cancel/replace of a stock...
Submit the suggestion and I'll vote for it. You are correct, this really is necessary for managing an EFP portfolio.
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