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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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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.
can trade SPX on IBKR rn, $695 is the top.
Ya, IBKR mixes them up. Gave me -3x bull calls so thought I screwed up my orders.
Talking silver futes. But IBKR
When adding positions you do need to be careful to not step on your previous ones. The end position is the same, it is just harder to visualize what you now hold. You wanted to hold 3x 7000/7010 bear call and 4x 6990/7000 bear call. What you have is 1x 6990/7000 bear call and 3x 6990/7010 bear call. Did IBKR group the second one as a -3x bull call? That is very odd.
Use IBKR and you have all options on US stocks bud
Ok thanks. I don’t have IBKR but will look into it through my current broker.
IBKR is the only platform you should be considering. But, you definitely have to know what you're doing, it's not for newbies. Lowest commissions, exchange fees can be rebated, interest paid on your long positions borrowed for short trades (great for enhancing covered calls), no commission on assignments, highest interest paid on cash and lowest interest charged on debit positions, can easily place covered calls, bull/bear spreads, Condors, Butterflys, etc. and can see your % success instantly with their charting software. You can ever set up a paper trading account to check them out. If you don't understand any of the above stay with the higher fee, handholding platforms.
IBKR offers paper trading accounts.
The bank probably buys normal calls in US in the background, then just collects the difference. Though I'm not sure why he does it this way, when EU brokers normally offer US options market. I have Saxo and IBKR and both do, one only needs to pass some BS questionnaire (retail "protection").
IBKR after the early dip
If you’re coming from crypto and just want to start buying stocks, I’d keep it straightforward. I personally use Interactive Brokers (IBKR) because fees are low and you get access to pretty much any US stock (and international ones too), but I’ll admit the platform has a learning curve. If you want something more traditional and hands-off, Schwab or Fidelity are both solid, well-established choices with good customer support and simple setups. Or, if you're outside the US, if you want IBKR-level market access but a bit more support, Mexem is also worth a look since it runs on IBKR’s infrastructure but feels a bit more approachable.
IBKR provides all that for me for about $20 a month. I find it very valuable to have live data.
IBKR projects your port value from premarket
Robinhood, IBKR, or any other brokerage offering 24h trading?
If I need a sizable chunk of cash, then I can always take out a margin loan against my BRK and VOO positions and carry forward the taxable deduction from the interest payments to offset future capital gains. If I wanted to be fancy, then I could do a carry trade with the Swiss franc and pay sub-1%/year in interest through IBKR for a margin loan at today's rates. Using a margin loan for index-based equities is often more advantageous than an income-based portfolio. Foremost, I control when I realize capital gains. I can thus wait for a time, like this year, when tax rates are lower than normal to sell shares and pay off that loan. I can, alternatively, just keep rolling the loan as long as brokerage and FINRA thresholds are met. My beneficiaries can take advantage of the stepped-up basis for the equities to pay off the loan without realizing any taxable event for capital gains. With an income-based portfolio, there's no such option, since the dividends are directly realized each time that they are paid. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, the annualized gains provided by indexes, like the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100, often outperform the gains and dividends for income-based portfolios. So, this incentivizes just buying, holding, and borrowing against shares in the long term.
Your Schwab account can do it. You may need to have them turn it on. You'll have to deal with currency exchange fees and trade costs. IBKR used to have the best international access I believe.
AYA is >90% silver, debt free, only available on the Toronto stock exchange but coming to the Nasdaq in April. One of the few pure silver players. Also is sitting on a gigantic gold reserve, one of the largest and highest grade in the world, called Boumadine, which is not priced at all in the stock. The TSE listing is probably dragging them down but they have options in CAD on IBKR. Prime target for an acquisition by larger companies with all the billions in cash the whole sector printing. That plus SBSW, AG, HL, EXK, NEM, ARMN and some undervalued lower caps like RIOFF, TUD, VSO, GORO
HY9H. GDR for Hynix available in the Frankfurt exchange. Accessible from IBKR.
Robinhood, Webull & a few others don't have trailing stops. I use IBKR and Moomoo because trailing stops are THE way
Chinese and Korean exchanges aren't available to US retail investors. Chinese exchanges, I suspect do not particularly want to be for geopolitical reasons. KRX has historically maintained registration requirements that make it impractical, although they're working on improving global access. Taiwanese markets are available on IBKR.
Greeks are risk measures. You're not going to glean any EV from knowing gamma peaks ATM. There is no need to use anything beyond what is supplied via IBKR's API (for example). Price risk-reversals in premium-terms (Index singles are P/C>1; vert debits are C/P>1).
Spot Gamma is the industry standard. I am looking into this as well. I was told moomoo gives some data free but they basically get all from IBKR so what some others said below is true. You can check out Unusual Whales too. Not real time but Barchart is good.
Portfolio margin is how. It’s risk based and IBKR only requires 9% margin maintenance on index funds and 15% on most individual tickers.
How do you find TOS API? I was thinking of just opening an account with schwab since TOS is free- is their data live? Good to know, ill take another look at IBKR. My roommate is also way more proficient in coding and usses claue code with replit, so I'm sure we could figure it out pretty quickly
I mostly use TOS for trading options and equities but I have a few things that I automate with IBKR. I found it quite a bit less painful than the other platforms to use their API, but maybe that’s just me. If you’re using an agent to build this, though, should be pretty easy. Codex 5.2 or Opus could probably one shot this with natural language.
I can’t remember the thresholds but IBKR gives you pretty much any data via api you’ll need for trading options if you do something like $20/month in trades
CSP Question: Why does it seem to be so difficult to get approval for -cash secured- puts? When I started, I had fidelity and E-Trade. Fidelity approved my level for CSPs, E-Trade did not and continues to deny it (even after being approved for a margin account). I opened an IBKR account and they too will not allow me to sell puts. I'm just curious as to why? Why can I buy a stock and sell a call, but not sell a put to potentially buy a stock?
> If it matters, I'm in IBKR, and I'm building my spreads manually, not by selling a combo. That's the cause. Also, is the account RegT or PM? If it's PM, that would also explain why the initial margin requirement on the short put varies. What's the margin requirement on a short put typically, as a percentage of the full assignment value? For example, if the 6900p requires 69k in initial margin and the account is RegT, that would be a 10% initial margin requirement. Compared to what you are seeing now?
Is there a way to start small to get a feeling of / for it? I really don’t get it, how you guys doing it. Sure, might be wrong here, but want to learn it or at least understand. Anyway I could play around with it in paper trading IBKR?
Hey man, if you usually trade pennys I would switch to IBKR. Before I was always on 212 but it is shit, having a much better experience with IBKR lately. I switched a few months ago
One way is to use the tiered fee structure on IBKR pro (if available) and buy/sell short term bond funds like sgov, outright bonds, etc (margin approach). Why? IBKR interest rates aren't "good"; they're just less bad than most others. With Treasury bill rates around 3.9%, a 50k IBKR account holding $25k USD in the securities segment earns 0.942% pa. In fact, IBKR has this exact example on their public web page as of today, 2026-01-25: * https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/pricing-interest-rates.php If taking a nearly 300 bps penalty were acceptable (out of 390!), then it wouldn't make sense to ask the question at all, so "just use IBKR's great interest rates" isn't an acceptable answer. It's also helpful to sidestep the issue as much as possible by learning how to use the market to manage cash (eg, covered calls versus cash secured puts, box spreads, etc), so then you are getting close to the market rate on nearly all of your account value all the time in how the trades are structured
New to options. I've been selling SPX 0DTEs put credit spreads for the last couple of months, but I'm starting to worry that I might not have been assessing my risks properly. In normal time, the margin requirements are less or equal to my credit spread's max loss. Considering it is a European option, is it still possible that the margin requirements during stressed times will somehow exceed the max loss? If it matters, I'm in IBKR, and I'm building my spreads manually, not by selling a combo. Thanks a lot
Everytime my brain sees IBKR. Uncanny
I use IBKR, interactive brokers, pretty solid
how do you setup fixed dollar risk reward in IBKR desktop?
Guys I’m gonna use IBKR… it’s A whole process to log in tho never knew that. Thanks for all the advice🙏 I will definitely use another app that one of u guys suggested! 🙏
The answer might depend on your location. The best platform in my opinion is the cheapest to use and the one least likely to implode and suspend operations. Im on Etoro and IBKR (Interactive Brokers). I think IBKR is probably the most solid proposition around, though after 7 months on it I'm still only using 4% of it.
In my IBKR, I sit on my cash and collect interest. It pays above 4% and it is readily available if you need it.
IBKR, and I think it only shows it with options
I heard fidelity and IBKR ready day 1. They are the ones who pushed for this.
AYA.TO in Canada. It's on IBKR. It will enter Nasdaq in April. Another reason to buy now.
I've been using eToro and IBKR. Recommend either of them.
I also do by hand. Just that when news come out like BATL you don't have time to fill everything in and I find mobile version of IBKR not super friendly for such quick actions.
Well, I had to form an LLC to get IBKR institutional account so it's not entirely a waste of time in all cases. And at the time the only way to get IBKR direct OAuth access was by being an institutional customer which meant a business banking account (alway required at least an LLC for my chosen bank) and having a non-individual tax ID, etc...
So what numbers are we potentially looking at? Trading at $1.30 right now on IBKR. Today’s range 1.19-1.46. Volume 650k. Shortable shares 53,700. Days to cover 0.3. DTC too low to squeeze just yet.
I don’t know about wise but IBKR allows you to buy stocks in foreign currency on foreign exchanges. It’s by far the best tool for making your non crypto assets part of the network state.
How do I block the IBKR shares guy