Funds are transferred from the insured securities subaccount to the uninsured futures subaccount, when needed to meet performance bond...
1) No. Universal account consists of a securities subaccount and a futures subaccount. Futures subaccount is not insured. Securities subaccount is...
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It won't matter. Each customer will suffer a share of the loss in proportion to account size.
If some of your fellow customers, in the same pool at the same futures broker, have uncovered trading losses, then the futures broker is legally...
IB's increased margin requirements give greater protection, to its trader customers, against the danger that its gambler customers will incur...
I read it different. I read it that if execution of any part of an SOC order would violate NMS-protected quotes displayed by other market...
No, you are not safe. If your clearing futures broker bankrupts, and is unable to cover customer trading losses or to replace customer property...
If IB stops making narrow markets in EFPs, then you could be stuck in them until expiration, if you don't want to pay the mile-wide SSF spreads...
Define a hot key or hot mouse click to send a market order with an attached target limit order.
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It is important to distinguish between a non-marketable limit order and a marketable limit order. The former offers liquidy, while the latter...
IB will let you earn the equivalent of even greater interest, on your entire cash balance, including the first $10K, if you sell EFPs in your IB...
Stocks don't usually go up 15% in just one month. They are more likely to go down 15% in one month, instead of up 15%. The times when stocks go...
You should PM IB Salvatore about this. I think he will want to know, and he will be concerned. Don't misinterpret a system glitch as a problem...
If the EFP moves against you, then you just wait until it expires, by which time any temporary loss will have completely vanished. You seem to...
This time, yes, but on the average, EFPs will sometimes move in your favor, and this balances out against the movements against you. You will, on...
Yes, there is a risk that short EFPs can move against you temporarily, thus causing you to incur broker margin interest charges until the EFP...
No, it is currently much less. It tracks the rate on 3-month T-bills.
It closely and intentionally tracks the rate on 3 month US Treasury bills.
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