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I once read somewhere that major brokers will deal with the issue of physical delivery on futures expirations, for a fee, but can't find it again. (self.investing)
Interactive Brokers closing account, won't let me deposit funds to avoid liquidation
I had my best trading day all year and in a very long time but have no one to talk to about it
Blackrock just added up to their $LUMN position
+8 million/2500% gain in 2 months, +20 million/5000% since April 2023
No reimbursement policy if hacked - IBKR Canada
Rates cut will send BETR to the moon (Better Home & Finance Holding Co)
If you want to day trade professionally, it's ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL that you trade with a professional platform that charges options fees.
Would you guys have handled it differently if you were in the same situation?
Would you guys have handled it differently if you were in the same situation? Sharing my investment experience with bad risk management strategy.
Worst brokerage platforms errors you have seen?
Worst brokerage platforms errors you have seen?
$COIN / Bitcoin ratio is stupid. Long BTC short $COIN
Just got approved for Options Trading on IBKR
USA: Options for automatically moving small amounts of excess funds from a bank into a money market mutual fund or similar? (is this "sweep"?)
Only 700 shares available for shorting on IBKR
A bullish case (w/DD) for Fisker FSR (SI: 41%)
Taking advantage of high lending rate and dividend yield
Lending out ABR and securing 15% annualized return
What’s the point of selling naked calls if you need to have the cost amount of shares regardless?
Interactive Brokers not filling orders, filling orders above limit price
HEAVY CAUTION!!! Closing a Short Put Option deep ITM...
Questions about bonds, mainly US treasuries
$LMND - Potential Gamma Squeeze
I want the same Column in Interactive Brokers to help my option game.
Price of Crude Oil vs Middle East death & injury tolls as reported by CNN
ITM put options expiring, but not enough cash in my account to purchase them
Last 35k left and looking for strategies to 10x in a short time
How is MooMoo? Recommendation for Canadian trading platforms.
CHEATSHEET: The Basics of Short Squeezes - A 3-min Read
Starting a fund partnerhip. How to go abiut it?
Must US brokers send an FYI about market orders to their clients who placed a market order in the past month by law?
is there a broker that allows automating weekly put writing?
Why does Fidelity have such terrible Treasury bond spreads and yields vs. market?
TD Ameritrade is beginning to charge users USD$50/month maintenance fees
Td Ameritrade to Schwab: how's order execution quality in Schwab?
Which free bond scanners(with ratings) are out there and which ones do you use?
Investing from Switzerland: IBKR vs Trading212 vs Degiro
Help finding spiked up/down stocks
Capital gains / Dividend tax on taxable MMF's for a foreign investor
Which online brokerages should I consider?
Can I get a count? DRS Price Hike: Would You Change Brokers?
How do American investors directly access foreign markets?
How are brokers like Lightspeed or Dash Prime for portfolio margin buying power?
Cost of options contracts:- AAPL / NVDA comparison
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IBKR makes a commission off your bets, they wouldn’t lose any money on the actual result..
People listen up! IBKR has a forecast trader market for the "Top AI Model" in December 2025. On that list, it has gemini-2.5-pro, YES $0.05, NO, $0.02 There is no fucking chance gemini 2.5 will be ranked as the best AI model for shit because gemini 3 is out now. That MARKET IS OUTDATED AND MISPRICED! Resolution is based on this leaderboard [https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard) which already has gemini 3 WELL FUCKING AHEAD of 2.5 I want you clowns to BUY ALL THE FUCKING NOs on that shit & FUCK UP IBKR... Fucking intrerst charging clowns deserve to get fucked up.
Man wait until I have this damn thing figured out in IBKR so I can buy some damn long dated PUTs
CTB 606% from IBKR 
You can't use LEAPS "options" for a covered call strategy. A QQQ covered call would require 100 shares of QQQ. What you may be mixing up is a particular type of diagonal call spread that is nicknamed a "Poor Man's Covered Call," but that's just a nickname. It isn't actually a covered call. And don't write "option" when what you really mean is a call, since puts can also be LEAPS options. Calls typically can't be treated as marginable equity in a RegT account. Maybe in a portfolio margin account. If IBKR makes an exception for RegT with specific expirations, you'll have to contact IBKR support to learn what that exception is. Please report back if you learn that such an exception does exist and what the expiration limit is.
KDK. Up 30%~ last 5 days, and borrow-rate still 50%. Almost no shares on IBKR as of today, and short-interest report after close today.
Hey y'all,1 question About the specific margin and collateral requirements regarding the use of QQQ LEAPS options as the underlying security for a Covered Call strategy in my account.What is the minimum remaining time until expiration (in months or days) that QQQ LEAPS must have to be fully recognized by IBKR as a qualified collateral/marginable asset to "cover" the short call option? thanks
disappointed to not even receive a small token of appreciation from IBKR after pushing hard to help them hit their yearly commission income growth targets
https://preview.redd.it/al49yjplo26g1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=65ec599438473827516f60a2860e5d9c64994738 This breakdown looks detailed, but I do have some questions. FLWS does have a high short float and elevated days-to-cover, but the current live Ortex data doesn’t really support the idea that it’s already one of the “strongest squeeze setups.” Right now CTB is only around 3–5%, and IBKR still shows nearly 2.9M shares available to short, so shorts don’t seem to be under real pressure yet. A high short float alone probably isn’t enough to create the kind of squeeze scenario you’re describing — true squeeze setups usually require high CTB and tight borrow availability happening at the same time.
IBKR is the best for options. Has paper trading account as well for you to test yourself, indicators, and if you actually know what you’re doing before you lose REAL money. Usually 3-5 indicators will work. All different types. Figure out what time frame works too. I personally do 15M but any less than that are fast reacting but give false signals. Stay away from the first 15m for sure to 30 minutes of market opening. I have made a call option to only have it sink 5 mins after. Vice versa, puts and market reversed. Deep ITM’s while expensive are faster to be green and have high delta. I personally have lost so much money, that I just stick with ITM’s. In and out. ATM is only in a thriving market and we sir, are not thriving. OTM only works if you can see the future and figure out the next market crash, otherwise stay away. 0dte if you can throw away 20k and get another 20k. Otherwise stay away. My last best advice is learn about GEX or Gamma Exposure. If Trump could stop tweeting. The market actually moves by design which is Gamma. If you can learn GAMMA, you are ahead of everyone and peers. If you ever need help, figuring stuff out. Ask ChatGPT. The best trader compared to a lot of people here. Good luck.
How did I just close a SPY call in after hours on IBKR? I thought it would queue and sell at market open tomorrow? My dumbass should not be trading options cause I don't understand shit LOL
IBKR in terms of non regular hours trading
Hmmm I don't know, I got in with IBKR
why IBKR need to cooldown my money for 1day after I sell a stock. so fucking boring
Options for indices like SPX can be traded overnight, but only on select brokers like IBKR. The best opportunities for that feature are early in the morning like on Friday, where you can get cheap calls after the 8:30 data drop.
Just wait until you open an IBKR account and can gamble on SPX options 24/5
IBKR halted not sure when it un halts, I don’t normally trade overnight. I’ll buy the dip, I got enough for 200 more but depending on the price idk
Just found out, here’s what Google had to say “The "20% overnight IBKR rule" likely refers to price bands on some overnight trading systems (like Robinhood's) where stocks can't move more than 20% from a reference price, or general risk management” Any idea what time it un halts?
Look what I found “The "20% overnight IBKR rule" likely refers to price bands on some overnight trading systems (like Robinhood's) where stocks can't move more than 20% from a reference price, or general risk management” google it. Won’t move past 20% overnight, here’s the reason. I can’t buy 😭 I guess buying the dip tomorrow, wanted to add another 200 shares
I just wait in premarket before 8:30 AM on SPX when RSI, MACD, and Bollinger Bands set up. Safe. Have an IBKR account so that you can trade SPX options that early, of course.
I have 24.5k in cash in a IBKR account available to buy SPX options in a few hours. You are waiting to buy SPY options at market open. We are not the same.
I use Tradingview top premarket gainers and Finviz stock news. I don't have a paid subscription. In Finviz screener you can filter top premarket gainers with a lot of options like stock price, volume etc... For my brokers I started with XTB but not all pennystocks were listed so I switched to IBKR recently. It's not user friendly but powerful. I'm in Europe. A lot of US traders use Robinhood or webull. Hope it helps!
RKLB, IBKR, & Pokémon Cards
IBKR, good margin rates, cash settled fast, and actually a nice interface. Robinhood has a 10/10 interface but I’d say IBKR has a 8-9/10
Aiming at risky investments for short term investment with the idea that profit is usually correlated to risk is a bad idea. Au contraire for something short term you should aim at very safe investments instead. Short term horizon means you can't afford a pullback because you can't wait for it to recover. So you should go with a money index or a HYSA. If you only have 50k its not an option but if we talk about the 200+k you can put it just in cash on IBKR and get a guarantee 3.8% per year. If you're ok with some crypto, try staking stable coins. But I think stable coins have been outlawed in europe because they think it's too risky and volatile. While meme coins are okay... Makes no sense. Other option is EURx on NEXO. Its fiat euros so it's a little more risky than euro because you need to trust nexo won't disappear with it over the next 10 months. But they give 13% per year. And its not crypto.
I mean I know even platforms like IBKR have those, and you can set them up yourself if you know some coding, or take some AI help, how do people normally do that tho? Do you do that? P.S: Sorry for so many questions, just curious. I do use bots but for research rather than trade
MSTR is a good outlet for brokers that don't offer ETF's, my European IBKR for example doesn't have Blackrocks Bitcoin so Microstrategy is fine alternative though I would only buy it if there was some crazy discount on Bitcoin and I've had locked money on my broker then I'd go for MSTR instead of waiting to wire that money to an exchange and risking the price will bounce.
Hi. They just sent me an email recommending this to me. They said it works with IBKR desktop, but I don’t an option for it. It’s there, but it’s greyed out. What platform do you use? I can use the app, but find TWS impossible to navigate.
Having two brokerages will increase your SIPC insurance cover, in the event of another 2008 crisis: [https://www.sipc.org/for-investors/what-sipc-protects](https://www.sipc.org/for-investors/what-sipc-protects) JPM has in-house derivatives trading. That means the bank is on the hook for any losses racked up by its trading subsidiaries - the way Lehman Bros and Bear Sterns were in 2008. And MF Global in 2011. As far as I know, IBKR does not trade on its own behalf, so it doesn't have that risk. If you are worried about 2008-level risks in derivative markets, consider a second brokerage that doesn't do in-house trading.
IBKR won't let me trade JXG which was the most appealing from there for me :(
You can also trade SPX during the extended global session with IBKR. Schwab and other commie brokers don't let you do that.
Chuck Schwab called me because I’m trying to move to IBKR. Told them to match margin rates. Let’s see 🤷🏻♂️
depends on the broker. IBKR offers it but for many years they were one of the only ones that did, at least for retail
Anyone know if IBKR would let me sell my SPY options contracts in pre-market?
There are 760,000 shortable shares on IBKR alone. The fuck are you talking about?
Fuck, this stock doesn't exist on moomoo Knew I should have stuck with IBKR
SMX. Borrow-rate 800%+ on Schwab now. 500%+ on IBKR. Nice to think some SPAC shorts doubled-down here last week & are blowing up for the holidays.
Pe of 30 excluded extraordinary events I prefer this PE, and its found in IBKR. Still all the best to OP
Slop broker, get IBKR or smth similar
Yeah me too. Fees ain’t cheap for active trading. You better off with IBKR and funding by USD rather than paying FX fees
You could literally just trade this on Polymarket or IBKR with their Smart Contracts. No need to buy janky ETFs or individual stock plays.
Most of those gold trades you’re seeing are either CME gold futures (GC/MGC) or GLD options; to make money on a drop you short the futures or buy puts/put spreads. Platforms: IBKR and Tastytrade both support gold futures; you’ll need to enable futures permissions and margin. Robinhood doesn’t offer futures. Symbols: GC = 100 oz, $10 per 0.10 tick; MGC (micro) = 10 oz, $1 per tick. Start with MGC to size small. Pick the front month with the most volume, use an OCO bracket (target + stop), and close or roll before first notice day so you don’t mess with delivery. Big movers are CPI, FOMC, NFP, and DXY/real yields; if you’re new, avoid holding through those. If you don’t want futures, trade GLD/IAU: buy a 30–60 DTE put spread for defined risk, or use inverse ETFs like GLL/DGZ for simple short exposure (know they decay). I use TradingView for GC/MGC charts and OptionsStrat to price GLD spreads, and Ask Edgar to scan miner filings and earnings transcripts when I want context on supply/dilution. Short version: it’s futures or GLD options; short the contract or buy puts to play downside.
I use IBKR. I borrow via box spreads.
What company do you use to borrow? The platform’s margin lending facility? I use IBKR - can do I the same? I wanna borrow to buy gold - pretty safe I think. Safer than treasuries used to be.
IBKR, Tasty, and WeBull are my main squeezes. I deleted robinhood years ago - my losses died with it
Transferring my port to IBKR from Schwab. Just put the request in
Robinhood has rates currently at 4.75% for ~150K of amount borrowed but they don't offer trust accounts. IBKR is pretty much close to that as you can get. I have no complaints with them as a broker. Worst case you can always like-kind transfer assets back if you're not happy.
From IBKR to Schwab, so many are guilty of this and Finra fines them… often the fine moves to not disclosing ETN’s because that results in less of a fine🤣…. Of course their system is not the best, none is currently, and to their and everyone’s benefit of course that it isnt. Trade with and not against the machine as you do in futures and anywhere right now
How do I buy puts on Venezuela. IBKR?
after selling all my position I feel bored and IBKR wont let me buy cuz it has one day cool down
IBKR also does not show a 12P for that date. In any case, the risk is basically the same as with any investment over a long period; you simply do not know what is going to happen in such a time frame especially when the underlying is pegged to crypto. If you have a plan on what to do if the position moves against you, and you have no issue tying up margin for that long, then it may make sense to do.
IBKR, it's in the OP. It's around 4.5%. I don't know of open ended, unsecured debt in the millions. This is secured debt, that expires on a given date, just like regular companies do. You just roll it. Ford has had debt in its books basically the entire time it has existed. It doesn't have to pay it, it just rolls it. Most companies operate that way.
Great examples! I mean what broker is giving you 4% Margin Rate? IBKR rates: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/margin-rates.php Looks like they are above 5% unless you take out 6 figures of margin. I'd jump at 4%...
Just woke up from a nightmare where AMZN spiked to $297 in the afternoon and when I tried to sell all my shares on IBKR I somehow did an internal transfer to Nicki Minaj for the entire position so I lost my entire life's savings. I'm thinking calls on AMZN, puts on IBKR.
I thought I’m the only degen using IBKR
I remember learning about fee's at IBKR, and there was some type of surcharge that only applied to "very large traders". So I looked up what constituted a "very large trader"; greater than $300,000,000... "ok then. moving on."
I think you need to get to the billions for that to kick in. ATM, IBKR would just savagely liquidate me.
Isn’t the margin on a box limited to excess liquidity capping you at 2:1? How are you getting past the limit in IBKR?
I have been looking into it lately and honestly it’s kinda decent if you already got a chunk invested. The points aren’t crazy or anything but they do stack a bit over time since everything’s held at IBKR anyway so nothing weird going on. The only thing is the monthly fee… Like if your portfolio’s small it kinda eats the value, but once you get more in there it starts making sense and the points feel more like a little bonus instead of just marketing fluff. Not game changing, but not useless either.
I can proudly say I've never been margin called. I have gotten the pesky "you are close to getting margin called" FYI IBKR notifications though, they get annoying after a while.
I like the strategy, I have an HNW friend who does the same thing with VOO at 1.7x and I personally run 1.2-1.5x on high-beta stocks as an active trader. Question about drawdowns - you got through 2022 by deleveraging to 1.9x preemptively in 2021. What do you do in a 20% correction that you don't anticipate? Accept every IBKR automated liquidation to bring your excess liquidity up to 0?
With $20K, you can't access Portfolio Margin and leverage so probably just all-in boomer stock index funds. Once you hit $100K, open IBKR and assemble the exact same portfolio i have now, albeit smaller of course.
If you highlight the blue to show the exact percent, the VT green line becomes lighter in the IBKR Portfolio Analyst platform. But it's still there, you can see it
IBKR and mortgage lenders let you borrow way above that if you're into that. For me, 3.2x is OK for now.
It has a negligible effect on the maintenance margin. You can go on IBKR paper trading and simulate it yourself beforehand.
It's collaterized by the assets, IBKR has minimal risk here. The risk falls all on me
$5M at IBKR and $700K in a mortgage.
I do as well, but I rarely trade just after close (because I thought from that link's info that trading is paused from 4:15 - 8:15 PM). But have had trades execute in IBKR in the middle of the night.
I was going off being an IBKR user that trades SPX options, lol
There is a pause on IBKR from 4:15 PM to 8:15 PM (Eastern Time), though, for SPX options.
SPX options can be traded afterhours on IBKR
IBKR monthly client margin loan balances for 2025. |Month|Ending client margin loan balances|\# of client accts (000)|Avg margin balance per acct| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |January|$64.9B (+47% y/y, +1% m/m)|3.450|$18,800| |February|$63.3B (+34% y/y, -2% m/m)|3.540|$17,900| |March|$63.7B (+24% y/y, flat m/m)|3.620|$17,600| |April|$58.2B (+15% y/y, -9% m/m)|3.710|$15,700| |May|$61.2B (+15% y/y, +5% m/m)|3.790|$16,100| |June|$65.1B (+18% y/y, +6% m/m)|3.866|$16,800| |July|$67.6B (+20% y/y, +4% m/m)|3.958|$17,100| |August|$71.8B (+31% y/y, +6% m/m)|4.054|$17,700| |September|$77.3B (+39% y/y, +8% m/m)|4.127|$18,700| |October|$81.6B (+39% y/y, +6% m/m)|4.230|$19,300| |November|$83.3B (+38% y/y, +2% m/m|4.311|$19,300| For context on how these recent numbers look compared to prior years: |Month Year|Ending client margin loan balances|\# of client accts (000)|Avg margin balance per acct| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |Nov 2024|$60.2B|3.250|$18,500| |Nov 2023|$42.2B|2.520|$16,700| |Nov 2022|$39.2B|2.070|$18,900| |Nov 2021|$54.5B|1.640|$33,200| |Nov 2020|$33.0B|1.037|$31,800| |Nov 2019|$27.1B|0.681|$39,800|
First time i see this kind of fuckery in IBKR
If you’re just getting started, I’d say IBKR is one of the safest and most reliable places to begin low fees, clean execution, and it’s simple enough for beginners but still powerful once you grow. For learning and keeping track of everything clearly, I’d pair it with Tradevision since it helps you follow market moves and understand setups without overwhelming you. That combo gives you a smooth start while still letting you build proper habits from day one.
Stop using meme gamer brokers and get IBKR and enjoy your 23/5 ES trading and 21/5 SPX trading. And if you can't afford a single ES/SPX contract, probably save up some money, you are incredibily unlikely to turn that 300 dollars into 10k and having a 300 portfolio requires you to do 0 DTE all or nothing gambles to make any real money, or your gains are 22 bucks from scalping and that point, man, just spend the time doing something to raise income instead so you have actual money to gamble with.
Sweet now it lags less than my MACD on scalping settings.. And less noise. Still deciding whether to keep the MACD around... TSI isn't available on IBKR mobile.
Solid deal, and those features are genuinely useful; just add a few guardrails and complements so it covers more of your workflow. For backtests, lock the date range and freeze signals at session open to avoid lookahead, include per‑side fees and at least 1–2 ticks slippage, and compare SPX vs SPY rolls on the volume switch, not calendar. For intraday gamma, sanity‑check levels around OPEX and earnings, and watch the SPX/SPY mismatch-SPX often leads the turn. Since automation is 1 DTE and mostly index/ETF, I run alerts there and route longer‑dated or single‑name trades via Tastytrade or IBKR with server‑side brackets and a small limit offset. Copying top backtests is fine, but rescale to your risk and track live P/L separately from the sim. With IBKR and Tastytrade for execution and ThetaData for clean chains, I use DreamFactory to expose a simple REST API over my trade logs so alerts and dashboards stay in sync. Short version: use it for fast tests and intraday gamma, and pair it with a broker/data feed for the gaps.
There are 7.4 million shortable shares at .43% available on IBKR alone and the market cap is over $4 billion. 0 chance for a short squeeze.
I know it exists but there are rules. First of all, last time I checked it was 10 years of not logging into the account. Secondly, they don't suddenly seize everything when 10 years is over. They start the process of trying to reach relatives of the user by all means they have if the user never provided an emergency contact. For instance IBKR asks you to update your emergency contact information every year. If nothing works out and they can't reach anyone and get some sort of information, then they start the procedures of actually taking the assets.
Brokerages can't simply assume someone died without seeing a valid death certificate. I have a friend using IBKR who didn't login or touch anything in 5 years. He did recently, and his stuff (stocks, ETFs, gold) is still there and in good shape. You're making stuff up.
plus global trading hours on IBKR, so you can buy/sell SPX options during premarket/afterhours/overnight
I'd recommend IBKR as the strongest option for your needs. They offer the most comprehensive global market access (all markets you mentioned), multi-currency accounts (supports USD, EUR, THB and 20+ others), competitive FX rates (0.002% vs 0.1%+ at others), and strongest financial position (publicly traded, $10B+ market cap). For ETF investors working across currencies, IBKR's currency management is significantly better than the others. DEGIRO and Trading212 have decent selections but more limited currency options and higher FX fees, which compounds over time with a multi-currency setup like yours. The Thai Baht aspect especially points to IBKR, as the others don't support THB accounts natively.
I'd go with IBKR for US stocks in Alberta, especially for your TFSA. Wealthsimple charges 1.5% currency conversion fees each way which really adds up for US securities. IBKR has much lower forex fees (around 0.002%), better execution, and more investment options. Tax reporting is straightforward with both platforms, but IBKR gives you more detailed statements. The interface is less user-friendly than Wealthsimple, but the cost savings are significant over time. Fellow Albertan here - our provincial tax integration with either platform works fine!
I don’t understand the crypto bros at all. I move my money faster from my bank to a bank in neighbouring country and then to IBKR for example faster than a stupid crypto swap and fees are still stupid on crapto.
My application to start Options stranding on IBKR was rejected. I am that level of regarded. Too regarded to be able to make regarded bets.
I'm currently using IBKR and Fidelity.
Too bad they don't seem to have options, IBKR shows just a warrant, and I'm asking Mr gpt what's that
I have accounts at both IBKR and Fidelity. What investment platform do you use?
You can do this yourself, it's not rocket science with the Degiro or IBKR application, access to all global markets at reduced costs. The banker gorges himself with his 1%
No, DEGIRO is only for shares if I’m correct. I had to open an account at IBKR to gamble
IBKR lol It’s RH, it’s the zero fee commission that will get you addicted to gambling
492.8% borrow fee @ IBKR. 200k shares short, and float might be incredibly small. price action might've triggered lots of traders, including more shorts->covering.