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  1. Like SIPC Protection? Set Your IB Sweep To Get It.

    Swan Noir, if the cash is for trading only futures options then it might not be eligible for SIPC coverage no matter where you park it. See...
    Post by: Options12, Jan 17, 2012 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. WHERE IS THE MONEY AT MF Global

    For those studying the MFG failure, this report on the failure of MJK in 2001 makes for interesting reading. The report details the anatomy of...
    Post by: Options12, Jan 17, 2012 in forum: Trading

  3. Is cash no longer fully insured in an IB account ?

    Britain must love these overseas clearing arrangements. The FSA gets to regulate accounts insured by SIPC. FSCS, meanwhile, gets a pass.
    Post by: Options12, Jan 16, 2012 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  4. Is cash no longer fully insured in an IB account ?

    Remember that the debate here is whether or not funds are covered by the SIPC just because the funds are parked in the securities account. Not...
    Post by: Options12, Jan 16, 2012 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  5. Is cash no longer fully insured in an IB account ?

    rwk, cash may not be automatically covered just because it is carried in, or swept into, a securities sub-account. This is because cash...
    Post by: Options12, Jan 15, 2012 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. Is cash no longer fully insured in an IB account ?

    They said,
    Post by: Options12, Jan 15, 2012 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  7. InteractiveBrokers "hyper-hypothecates" $14.5b of Customer Funds?

    So they could just say . . . from one account window. or . . . one daily statement or . . .universal account
    Post by: Options12, Jan 12, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  8. Devastating after hours trade...SCREWED!!

    beachhouse, how was the internalization revealed to you in this instance?
    Post by: Options12, Jan 9, 2012 in forum: Order Execution

  9. Hypothecation IB loaning out shares

    kgoodfl -- do you have a margin account? If so, which kind? But maybe IB will credit you for the difference anyway. Here's how Fidelity...
    Post by: Options12, Jan 7, 2012 in forum: Risk Management

  10. Best capitalized brokers which does not hypothecate?

    IB-AN, is this currency transaction method unique to IB?
    Post by: Options12, Jan 6, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  11. Best capitalized brokers which does not hypothecate?

    Thank you for your reply and for addressing the forex and futures issues with respect to PM. My posts were not the result of having confused...
    Post by: Options12, Jan 4, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  12. Best capitalized brokers which does not hypothecate?

    Thanks for your input. I'm not trying to change any rules. In general I'm simply pointing out that when customers are reassured by brokers --...
    Post by: Options12, Jan 4, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  13. Best capitalized brokers which does not hypothecate?

    IB-AN, please confirm whether your statement above is correct with respect to IB PM accounts. For example, here's the OptionsXpress disclosure...
    Post by: Options12, Jan 4, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  14. InteractiveBrokers "hyper-hypothecates" $14.5b of Customer Funds?

    What type of margin account do you have? And did IB offer an explanation for the payment-in-lieu?
    Post by: Options12, Jan 4, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  15. Best capitalized brokers which does not hypothecate?

    More from the same FINRA link already cited. Please refer to the last two lines regarding the broker-dealer's lien on all long positions....
    Post by: Options12, Jan 3, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  16. Best capitalized brokers which does not hypothecate?

    The section that I am asking about from the FINRA link starts above with "Furthermore..." This seems to suggest a lien at the broker level.
    Post by: Options12, Jan 3, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  17. Best capitalized brokers which does not hypothecate?

    IB-AN, Has IB published any info on whether futures contracts held within a PM account are now SIPC covered? It appears that this coverage was...
    Post by: Options12, Jan 3, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  18. Is cash no longer fully insured in an IB account ?

    You may also wish to confirm with the SIPC that your foreign currency positions are SIPC- covered. This node from IB says that they are....
    Post by: Options12, Jan 3, 2012 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  19. Is cash no longer fully insured in an IB account ?

    If by "secure" you mean "not pledged to someone other than yourself" and/or SIPC-protected you may wish to study the rules related to:...
    Post by: Options12, Jan 3, 2012 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  20. Best capitalized brokers which does not hypothecate?

    I think this explanation refers to the reason why OCC keeps a lien on long option positions held in a portfolio margin account. But beyond...
    Post by: Options12, Jan 3, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers
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