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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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LoL sorry, you're right. Is it even a good currency to buy to edge against instability? I think like I have 100 of them that I bought years ago using IBKR just to see if that worked.
Stablecoins are the most retarded cryptocurrency of all. If you're in the US, just buy and IBKR account, and buy the currency denomination you are interested in. You know what else has its value pegged to the US Dollar or the Swiss Mark? THE US DOLLAR AND THE FUCKING SWISS MARK, unless I don't know, you are trying to create a porfolio of cryptocurrencies pegged to the value of gourds. I'm sure that there are edge cases where a stablecoin can be interesting, say you live in a 3rd world or sanctioned country and you can't get easy access to dollars or other stable currencies, then sure, that *might* make sense, but it feels like such a limited use case. And we've already seen that stablecoins are only stable until they're not, literally nothing stops them from unpegging their value from the underlying the second something goes tits up.
My 610 call got automatically liquidated at 21:39, when it was 608,80. It is 21:53 now, and QQQ has reached 611. Why did I automatically get liquidated? I bought one only, wasn't much, but I still wonder why did they close my position without my consent? I am on a cash account, I don't dabble in margins. If I was to close it now, I would've made profit. Got liquidated at a loss. Is there some setting to toggle to prevent this in the future? I'm on IBKR
IBKR retail actually beat SPY last year.
Gemini: Brokerages to Consider for Hyundai Stock: Interactive Brokers: Offers access to the Korea Exchange for international trading. Public: Allows buying the over-the-counter (OTC) ticker HYMTF. eToro: A platform mentioned for accessing Hyundai shares. Important Notes: Primary Listing: Hyundai's main stock is listed on the Korea Exchange (KRX).ADR Status: There is no widely available U.S. American Depositary Receipt (ADR) for the main company, which limits availability on standard U.S. apps like Robinhood.HYMTF: The OTC ticker (HYMTF) represents Hyundai Motor Company in the U.S. market. Brokerage Fee Comparison for 2026: Interactive Brokers (IBKR): Generally offers the lowest rates for international trading. Stock Trades: $0.00 for standard U.S. exchange-listed stocks (IBKR Lite), while Pro and international trades typically use a tiered system starting at $0.0035 per share. South Korea (Direct): Futures on the Korea Exchange are fixed at KRW 0.004% of trade value. Currency Conversion: Charges approximately 0.2% for converting USD to KRW. Public: Accesses Hyundai via the OTC ticker HYMTF. OTC Stock Trades: Charges $2.99 per trade for non-Premium members. Premium Membership: Fee-free OTC trading is available with a subscription of $10 per month or $96 per year. Inactivity Fee: $3.99 per month for accounts with balances below $70 and no activity for six months. eToro: Has introduced flat commissions for stock trades in most regions. Stock Trades: Flat commission of $1 or $2 per trade, depending on the exchange and country. Withdrawal Fee: $5 flat fee for USD accounts (free for GBP/EUR accounts). Inactivity Fee: $10 per month after 12 months of inactivity. Currency Conversion: Ranges from 0.5% to 1.5% depending on account tier.
A little late, but I had to deal with a delisting of an ADR of a sanctioned company, there was no way to trade it OTC and it was a pain to exchange into the underlying shares on HKEX. It unfortunately was in an IRA so I first had to do a non-qualified asset distribution, and then an account transfer to IBKR because they appeared to be the only broker supporting it. And it cost me a lot of time figuring things out and fees. I'd suggest avoiding Chinese ADRs if there is any chance that the US may sanction the company. Oil&gas and hardware tech are the highest risk, but given the state of geopolitics, I doubt there is any Chinese company that is 100% safe from it. So going straight to HKEX is the safer option.
You’re trading spreads on SPX (cash settled), just look at the options chain in 8 minutes and keep talking your talk if that’s what you believe. Also, you said the exact same thing as me. If a PUT CREDIT spread is short gamma and long theta, then a CALL DEBIT spread will have the same effect. You’re really not selling theta either way though. Go to IBKR and start doing short straddles if you want to sell theta
If you are very interested in the topic, get an IBKR paper trading (demo) account and start doing sample investments. Once you are past learning curve, just don’t gamble your money away and invest what you are comfortable losing up to 50% (in my opinion, that’s the very worst that could happen during a crash in an economic depression).
Van IBKR TBSZ accom, ott csinálom a valós befetetèseim. Revoluton csak ilyen kis faszságokat csinálok, amit megbántam mert annyival több melóm lesz adóbevalláskor. (Majd rá kellene jönnöm hogyan kell xD)
wait my IBKR app doesn't look that nice wtf
IBKR is the best all rounder
What broker does everyone use? Is IBKR reliable? I use Schwab for my long term investments, but looking to trade a little on IBKR.
i made my own with the help of AI and an IBKR account with the bare minimum for data [https://imgur.com/a/Rb8wtzP](https://imgur.com/a/Rb8wtzP) python and streamlit. I have no programming experience and was just the copy pasta monkey and i also have very minimal experience in options but saw GEX keep popping up. it's been a really educational experience
Yes, but they barely cover the interest to IBKR as the stock keeps dropping
How are you trading in those markets? IBKR?
SCHW At ATH's $IBKR Near ATH's $HOOD -50% off ATH's😂😂
you can trade SPX overnight on IBKR also.
it's absolutely riddiculous that it takes hours or days for funds to be deposited on IBKR XTB wins in that regard at least
All these broker stocks are gonna get eaten alive in short term by macro but I think BULL SOFI IBKR and HOOD are all buys now. The fintech industry is a quiet giant about to explode retail makes up 15-25% of the mkt cap of the nasdaq and that has gone up exponentially over the last 5 years.
Appreciate your comment. I dont fuck with RH, only have a small amount of crypto there. IBKR is my go-to atm and yes, have been researching options and trading very cheaply to see and experience the effects of volatility. But mostly really reading up and trying to fully understand the fundamentals. If you have any tips, I would be happy to receive them
TradingView for charting, IBKR for the rest of it.
Can I make bets on IBKR's "forecast markets" in a tfsa?
I use IBKR for trading options its great and fees are low . But you need to get used to the UI. For analytics i use Tradevision.
Not available in my country. Only options here are IBKR and GoTrade
Looking back at some of my buys around liberation day: NU at $10.89, $10.02, and $9.82, DDOG at $98.23, ASML at $660.34 and $649.69, IBKR at $40.80 and $35.01, GOOGL at $152.52 and $145.43, SOFI at $10.03. Just wild. Also bought YETI at $28.42 as a short-term play and sold at $36.17 4 months later.
I feel like IBKR kinda shows you this stuff
IBKR tiered offers rather small comisions for this type of purchases, EU normally doesn't have plans or providers for free similar to the US. Also, you have good rates ans fractional shares for only US stocks. I still wouldn't suggest though, also from Spain and did that in my first year of investing. It is a pain to fill in tax form afterwards. If it is only to buy in small amount, and you wont be selling though, it should be okay.
I’ve traded options on a few platforms. I’ve used Just2Trade, which is regulated and easy to use. I’ve also tried IBKR and DEGIRO - both give solid access to European and US options.
Closing prices are published here https://www.cboe.com/index_settlement_values/weeklys_settlement_values/ IBKR does not charge a fee for expiration/assignment.
Uninvested cash at IBKR does the same as fidelity. I think Schwab is going to struggles with retail investors in the future and especially advisor business. They’re not that great. Sad a great company like TD was wasted to this 🗑️
With IBKR, the only thing I can suggest is to not hold your options until expiration if you don't have required margin (which is basically the price of the underlying stock x number of your contracts x 100), otherwise IBKR will close your position at a market(!) at 1:15 PM EST (2 hours 45 minutes before the market close). This is why trading 0dte options with IBKR sucks
Even Robinhood offers it these days, so you don't have to have an IBKR or other brokerage account if you don't have one.
FLKR is another cheaper ETF option. You could also buy Samsung on the London Stock Exchange through IBKR
open an IBKR account and buy SSUN on the Frankfurt exchange. Not sure if you need to convert dollars to euros first but either way, that’s how.
Aren’t those included on the gains of IBKR?
Free options trading at Wealthsimple. I'm transferring out of my IBKR for Wealthsimple. I paid so much in fees. You can get bonus cashback too if you transfer. [https://promotions.wealthsimple.com/hc/en-ca/articles/43707214784667-Wealthsimple-2026-Un-real-Deal](https://promotions.wealthsimple.com/hc/en-ca/articles/43707214784667-Wealthsimple-2026-Un-real-Deal) Here's my referral, I get $25 and you get $25. [www.wealthsimple.com/invite/GFTADM](http://www.wealthsimple.com/invite/GFTADM)
The 500x $155 Calls go BRRRRR on my IBKR Demo account. 😢
Despite HOODs recent drilling, it’s still not worth buying compared to others like IBKR
Not too many good options in Canada. IBKR is the best among them imho, although the platform is still glitchy while it has improved a lot, tech support is hit and miss, occasionally you get someone with an attitude.
For actually trading options, I’d keep Fidelity for long-term stuff and use something more focused for active trades. A lot of people use IBKR for execution because of low fees and solid fills, and then run Tradevision alongside it for analysis. Tradevision is really useful for seeing Greeks, payoff, and managing strategies without the platform feeling overwhelming.
Just opened IBKR watchlist. Holy shit, literally everything is in the deep red lol. Gonna be a bloodbath in my portfolio.
You haven’t? That’s surprising. I use IBKR and have to fill out personal income, total net worth, and liquid net worth on an annual basis. They use it to decide if I’m an Accredited Investor since that opens up different investments
Overnight fee is usually tiny, 0.0XX% unless you’re using a really hot instrument. And some instruments do have expiry dates, with certain brokers. So for instance oil, natural gas and precious metals are usually a couple of months at a time. But that’s the instrument itself so the position also. And IBKR usually close oldest positions first to meet margin requirements, winning or losing. But they usually close the entire position. CFD is just contract for difference, you just buy a contract(s) for the difference beginning at the point you open the position. Buy or sell, usually sell because you can buy without taking pretty huge risk.
CFD don't have expiry dates IBKR can liquidate your position, different broker work differently but IBKR will liquidate your position if it falls under the maint. margin CFD (I think) is just a way to trade the difference between your buy and sell price without owning the underlying and gives you greater leverage (Lower margin req), there's an overnight fee for holding positions overnight but idk how much [This is my understanding, could be wrong]
Are my eyes correct gold is 4824$ on IBKR ?
All of my assets are on IBKR and I have transferred accounts to them through the ATON system before. I'm going to transfer an RRSP off platform but only to churn transfer bonuses, not any problem with the platform.
I used IBKR! I'm also in Canada. The only thing is you have to pay for free options data with IBKR so keep your RBC account open or ask to open a basic cash account to have access to that sweet, free options data. IBKR is cheaper for small accounts but more expensive for very large accounts. In your situation, you should come out ahead. Assignment is also free.
if you use a big boy broker like IBKR you can lend your stocks
I am debating on taking physical on my 16x USGOLD. For reference, my cost basis is 1400ish. I just don't like the $500 fee that IBKR wants to charge for physical delivery.
I've used tasty before but it might've been with IBKR. Maybe that's it: whatever is left is eaten up by fees. Fees wouldn't eat up $10 though.
8 hours and no one's answered, so I'll give you the answer that I think the vast majority of people here would give: You don't need to pay anyone for option plays. And if it's a trading platform you're looking for, go with Schwab if in the US, or IBKR. And when I googled it to find out what it even was, I got this AI synopsis: AI Overview "Elite Pro Capital" or similar entities (like Elite Capital Pro) are flagged as potential, non-regulated, or scam entities that should be avoided . Research indicates that [Elite Capital Pro is not authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)](https://www.fca.org.uk/news/warnings/elite-capital-pro). Investors are strongly advised to use verified, regulated brokers.
yeah, ig it's their apis acting up. I set a TP order on open for Sofi watching the PM charts in IBKR, didn't get honored and had to chew a loss on a right move play. gotta love 212 🤧
When I was heavy on options I was on tastytrade and I liked it just fine. I only switched because IBKR has better margin rates
I'm using IBKR, it shows 0DTE calls very cheap too.
The relative volume indicator in the bottom right is nice. Wish IBKR had that.
Buying SLV calls at the low was unreal. IBKR wouldn't fill my initial orders cause the price was dropping so fast
Hate when IBKR autosells my contracts super early at the lowest price. Had 50 INTC 47p for today that they sold for 11c
Is it available on IBKR or Trading212?
NAMM is a tinderbox: IBKR shows **0 shares available** and a massive **300% borrow fee**. Shorts are trapped in a high-interest cage and can't afford to hold over the weekend. Expect a violent squeeze today as they scramble to cover before the interest bleed intensifies.
Gold futures options/GC: I’m used to trading regular options. But when I input GC into IBKR and click options, the bid-ask spread is huge. Is this normal?
Gold futures options/GC: I’m used to trading regular options. But when I input GC into IBKR and click options, the bid-ask spread is huge. Is this normal?
GC and SI futures on IBKR? When does it open? The bid ask spread seems huge for some reason? Can’t be right
Anyone else using IBKR? Their app keeps glitching. Just me?
Yeah, I think so. The time stamp is than EOD on yahoo, but it's always so strange seeing the close price on the chart be something on fidelity,yahoo, and IBKR, and then something completely different everywhere else.
I see 6966.27 and it’s always accurate for IBKR. You’re good
Where are people trading this? Fidelity and IBKR won't allow it.
Pattern day trader on margin account? Is that bad for your margin? So does your broker rate you differently depending on how you trade? I use IBKR eu
buying BULL when IBKR and HOOD exists. You're a gambler and a shitty one at that
Go with IBKR or Mexem. They're basically the same, but Mexem's support is a bit more personal. When it comes to offers and costs, IBKR is a bit better. At IBKR, you can find pretty much any stock, exchange, and product, like CFDs, stocks, ETFs, options, and bonds. The costs are probably some of the lowest, and you can have multiple currency accounts.
Really interesting. Will have a look, but I don't know if I can use my IBKR account for it? Plus my portfolio is not that big
Nah bro you see i trade options from damn IBKR client lmao. Not that sophisticated. Just a regard junkie mf nothing special
Some finance guy tried to sell me a DCAing fund investment based in Guernsey (fiscal haven). I would have paid $400.000 in fees by the time I could exit 20 years from now and he recommended me a basic MSCI world fund. I opened an IBKR account instead and I'm up 140% in 3 months. Bunch of morons.
Yes, trading the futures directly instead of ZSL. Open up a futures account at IBKR or I think Robinhood also offers them now. It's a more direct play on the asset and the taxes are more favorable if you're US based.
Anyone else use IBKR it’s white screen I can’t see anything or trade wtf I have all my options can’t see ANYTHING
Lots of people talking about buying MSFT but the reason seems to be "I know of Microsoft and it's down a lot." People seem to view MSFT as "an exciting AI name!" when you could have done better in EAT, WING, COST and WMT over the last 5 years, among other things. When Chili's is outperforming what is supposed to be an exciting tech company that's....not great. Could have done a lot better in IBKR over the last 5 years as people piled into stocks. All the medical distribution companies have beat mega cap tech (aside from NVDA) over the last 5 years...
What is the ticker on IBKR? Thanks in advance
I might not get an answer, but how are you guys doing the options trading? I’d really like to start small and see where it takes me. I’m using IBKR if this is useful to know.
Don’t need my part of the share, but an advice of how to put a call like this within IBKR 😇
Can someone tell me what UNH is on IBKR? Thank you
At IBKR you can convert any cash you’re holding to foreign currencies. I did that with JPY last year and lost a few grand. 🤷♂️😅
Asian and European markets will have traded for half the day before the US opens. The standard gold and silver futures on CME trade 23 hours every weekday and are accessible to anyone with an account able to trade futures (typically IBKR).
Yep. This guy nailed it. IBKR is big dumb and calculates Port Value weirdly, that's why I included the actual Performance % as well. I deposited like $2k first and then slowly deposit more and more and started trading as well, depending on what trade I was entering I'd add more money specifically for that trade as well. In total I've added roughly $85,000 of my own money. Withdrew ~$90k when the port was at $300k, now it's back to $256k and I haven't added anymore $$.
Sorry, I don't use these IBKR views much, because they suck. It's good just for rough illustrative purposes, IMO. I can see precise gains while doing my tax returns.
IBKR uses some bullshit basis for the "value" percentage calculation (possibly the initial/opening deposit). The "value" view is only good to show the absolute value chart of the account. Only the "performance" percentage makes sense.
I’ve been a happy Schwab customer for 40 years. I just opened an IBKR (Interactive Brokers) account to be able to trade on non-US stock exchanges.
Large brokers in Europe, such as IBKR, XTB, SaxoBank, Degiro, Etoro, T212, etc., also use FIFO. You cannot choose specific positions to sell. Using FIFO makes sense to me.
I'm up 4k after hours and IBKR mobile interface is so shit I'm not sure why
Yeah give it a go, I got IBKR specifically so I could buy US ETFs in the UK
Hey -- I work with active traders & high-net-worth investors at Public. We see a lot of folks in a similar spot comparing us, RH, and IBKR, mainly on margin cost and overall platform experience. Happy to answer any questions about our margin accounts or the platform in general as you’re evaluating options. Feel free to DM me if you want to chat / set up a call.
My port actually briefly went red this morning. I think that was IBKR playing a funny joke on me because I’m up 11% now.
Damn I didn’t know that. I used Robinhood (!) it was the point re “KID” I was talking about. It’s literally a pamphlet on the funds investments etc… if IBKR allows you then I’m joining that ASAP (!)
So far IBKR has been all but useless for me. I did the same thing as you, a small amount to try it out and it's been terrible at every step.
tbh IBKR Pro is probably your best bet at that size. yeah the interface sucks but their tiered rates actually work out better above like 100k
That's my thoughts which is why I was confused. For E-Trade I tried applying for level 2 a couple of times pre-margin and once after (I applied for margin thinking it might help - it didn't). For IBKR, I started with $2k so maybe they don't think I have enough to make sense?
I think IBKR has the best rates.
That's backwards from what I expected, but in the Etrade case did you apply for option approval before or after margin was approved? The IBKR case being the newest is a little less surprising, but I guess it depends on your total account value when you applied. There's no difference in terms of risk/reward between a covered call and a CSP, so if you are approved for CCs, you ought to be approved for CSPs.