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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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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.
I'm glad I use IBKR as a backup, wealthsimple network fucks up too often. Too busy with their gimmicky giveaways and low value credit cards to get their shit together.
This is not really about taxes; it can happen whenever you are rolling over money from one account to another (e.g. rolling an old employer 401k to an IRA). There’s a lot of ways to stay invested, should you so choose, while waiting for money to move. The easiest stopgap is probably buying index futures to bridge that hopefully-short time gap: index funds do this regularly to manage exposure, but IBKR and a few other brokerages available to retail allow basically everyone to do it.
I'm using IBKR. My deep itm leap are gaining momentum and start moving into the green but why is my buying power reducing??
Can TQQQ be used as collateral for QQQ Covered Calls? I am a beginner investor using IBKR. I have a question about margin treatment and strategy execution.I am thinking about the following setup: Buy a position in TQQQ (with a dollar value equivalent to holding 100 shares of QQQ). Sell 3 QQQ Call contracts (Since TQQQ is 3x leveraged, my logic is that this matches the exposure). Does IBKR consider this a Covered Call strategy? Or will the system treat the QQQ calls as "Naked Calls" (Uncovered) because the tickers are different?
Unfortunately, I've only used Robinhood so I don't know about those other brokers, but Robinhood has been pretty good for me personally. I only started using it more in 2024, and started options in January of this year. The sell/buy button stuff hasn't happened to me, and last time I heard happened was during the game store craze I think? I just like the UI, but if you're going to go heavy into options trading, I've heard that IBKR is pretty good.
I never tried it, I just see a lot of people complain about fills and something about the sell/buy buttons deactivating in super critical times. If its options buying process is smooth and fast then id give it a whirl. I also hear people talking about ToS and IBKR as strong contenders for options trading, so I didnt wanna just open a bunch of accounts to try them all out. Would you say RH is a worthy pick vs those?
I check on IBKR and MOOMOO top pre market movers, check catalyst, jump early.
one of the big reasons i got IBKR is because of the L2 , i found it spot on an accurate. nothing worse than looking at the order box collapse when it happened 2 seconds ago.
wanted to jump in,but ONCE AGAIN xtb sucks balls and doesn't carry it. I really need to complete my IBKR application
Mate switch to IBKR at least you can proper short, those euro warrants are gouging fees and premiums by MM. Been here done that. Regarding your play, expect vol and maybe being under for a bit with that BTC dead cat bounce but you should be good 👍
IBKR, DEGIRO, Saxo... this guide explains the pros and cons of each one: eupersonalfinance.eu/articles/best-european-brokers-for-options-trading
In most European countries you can’t open a normal brokerage account in your own name at 15, so the first step is getting a parent on board. Either they open a junior/custodial account where that’s available, or they open the account in their own name and invest for you with an agreement that it’s “your” money. For Europeans, three solid brokers in my opinion are Interactive Brokers (IBKR), MEXEM, and Trading 212. All are properly regulated. IBKR is the biggest and great for long-term ETF investing and global markets. MEXEM uses IBKR’s infrastructure but often has slightly better pricing on some European stocks. T212 is very beginner-friendly and commission-free.
IBKR fills half the orders or more from its own dark pool and has a ton of dark pool order algos.
I know a few people that use ToS for the screening and TA and just use IBKR for the actual trades.
Anyone use IBKR? How are its screeners, better or worse than TOS?
Part of the reason rotating away from robinhood over to IBKR...most of retail buys on RH now, and pulls the shares over to the dark pool.
Weird - there was no mention of any stocks here! Just a screenshot of my IBKR, below: https://preview.redd.it/5a0plp8y283g1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=199b12b08d4e26bf42aa5598a9b9aade0f652ae4
My brotha in IBKR, what’s that 😭, I have -94% in performance since last January as noob. Don’t do that brotha, brotha ewww 😭😄
My new positions are NVDA, PLTR, JPM and IBKR.
That has nothing to do with the risk free rate. The borrowing fee is a market made fee that is primarily driven by supply of stock available to borrow. I‘m occasionally shorting stocks now since a while and these rates on IBKR are accurate.
Fake. That is IBKR. You withdrew the money.
IBKR vote here. I started out with the limited stuff WS offered but learnt the ropes on iB. I don’t bother much with the TWS or desktop as I’m never rolling multi leg strategies. It will become very intuitive. I love the options chain in iB and can’t really stand the WS one anymore.
https://preview.redd.it/ttmsstos333g1.png?width=1320&format=png&auto=webp&s=3d328548c657fc86aa0ee6eea9433d18ae3d06a7 IBKR is up, here are my positions.
Some things I’ve noticed. I have an IBKR account and Robinhood. The IBKR is Roth Cash Account and Robinhood Regular Retail Account Cash(No margin in either). It seems liquidity is slightly better in Robinhood. I execute the same trades daily in both accounts. But my annual percentage gains are better in Robinhood 36%+ ytd vs 12.5%+ ytd. I have right under $1k in Robinhood vs right over $2k in IBKR. Pros of IBKR -The early market opens sooner than Robinhood -The spreads are more detailed and verifiable against Robinhood vice-versa -Their app gives you more market news Cons of IBKR -It seems Robinhood gets trades executed faster(more liquidity/or access to dark pools, Better network?) -The graphs for your account seem less comprehensive/missing info for percent gain for 1 yr/ytd. -No tracking for 1 day. -Both are PFOF(which may decrease gains) -they have some tool to make buy and sell limits while your looking at the graph, which gets in the way of actually reading the graph. Pros of Robinhood -Better overall gains(possibly due to smaller volume/easier to executions) -Better tracking of gains/losses -Gains/Loss on trades Graph(tracks your winner/loss ratios) -graphs showing insider,hedge fund and retail investor bar graphs of purchasing on some stocks. -better transparency with daily volume,average volume,P/E ratios, dividend %. Cons -I get this subjective feeling that they stall on making trades every once in a while. Almost as if they are letting the price rise up to have a third party buy and sell your stocks for a higher gain but leaving you to bag hold the investment in case the price whip saws. -I subjectively feel like they could have better execution sometimes but maybe selling information to others to profit deceptively. -There should be options to totally get rid of ability to set market orders vs limit orders to protect buyers from stink bids.
Everyone always says that IBKR CS is poor, but I've had pretty good service via. message through the website. YMMV, obviously.
Thanks, I found learning TWS was a pain. I tried the ibkr app and for options you had to pay monthly for subscription. TD AT the app is very basic but in emergencies you can rely on. The good part with TD AT is they have chat support, which is very helpful. Forgot to mention that. IBKR CS is very poor. I tried to ask them if I can sell CSP and I gave up eventually on them. I have an account with ibkr but not for options. I might use them if they improve their desktop.
Your first mistake was transferring from IBKR to Questrade. Gave up amazing FX conversions that save you thousands to get cheaper commissions to save a couple bucks.
I haven't used Active Trader, but I am more or less happy with IBKR. I think I saw you posting recently about Active Trader which prompted me to look into it, and although it looks like a nice platform, it did not compel me to switch, although the Level 2 data would be nice. I've used Wealthsimple and Questrade before, and recently opened a MooMoo account. MooMoo also provides level 2. I am immediately turned off by their marketing, but it actually seems like a pretty solid platform... I use IBKR Desktop and the app, but not Trader Workstation. I feel like they are building IBKR desktop up to eventually replace TWS and they are constantly adding new features. That being said, I've been finding it quite buggy lately and it's frustrating me. The app on the other hand, is excellent. IBKR provides institutional level tools and products, at the expense of being fairly complicated. Rates are good, margin is cheap and extra services (news letters, courses, etc.) are solid. I doubt I'd leave, but I may use MooMoo in parallel.
IBKR Desktop is much easier on the eyes and more intuitive than TWS.
Pretty brutal OP sorry about these losses. I have to question the thought process though about loading up on MSTR calls without any corresponding hedge. Someone smart enough to accumulate this amount of money surely could’ve thought about what would happen if it did not go his way. IBKR has a risk navigator tool that could’ve helped avoid total destruction.
All the kiddies on RH should really graduate to a "big boy" broker at some point. Fidelity, Schwab, IBKR
bro you obviously just transferred your stock to IBKR right?
That's what you get transferring from IBKR to WS.
Idk if I’m getting fucked by fees tbh. All the research I do says IBKR is competitive but it’s $3.85 per contract per round trip which is pretty steep.
Nah, IBKR is legit. Margins still better than thinkorswim. AMP has been around for a while but I don't have enough trust to put a ton of money in it. Low fees is mainly why I use them, that and I can connect to Tradingview.
I trust IBKR and enjoy their workstation but yeah it’s probably not the best futures broker
IBKR so about $15k I think
CCTG is blasting off. can't buy it on IBKR
Not only have I paused IBKR I have removed it from my menu. It can't hurt me this way
Issue with HOOD is you could get IBKR instead
I lost $32K. Where can I apply for a refund in IBKR? Please let me know the procedure.
IBKR does mark to market pricing, even on overnight trading (which took me down another 20k)
Anyone else having trouble signing into IBKR?
Well lots of youtube videos encourage people to trade crypto with like 3-5x leverage so you have to expect when crypto drops any appreciable amount you get accounts liquidating equities to cover. But anyways IBKR reported this month, client margin loan balances of $80B which is 39% higher YoY
Right or wrong, I used the 'Close all positions>100%' feature on IBKR today. Up 20% for the year and would rather endure lost opportunity costs than a drawdown.
Three ways to make money in this game: Be first, be smarter or cheat. I cheated on that little test IBKR give you to unlock options and then I was first into NVDA 220c at open I did 2/3 and still lost
I’ve did this with tastytrade, they are a lot nicer to me as I have a way bigger account with them than with IBKR and in general the reps are a lot more accommodating. I do earnings a lot and sometimes the stock gaps up on AH trading, I then want to delta neutralise my long calls to capture the gap up. In situations like these, even when I don’t have enough margin left the customer reps calculate my new AH deltas together on with me and short those shares for me to capture the Gap and effectively close my position. Thereby overriding my margin, but they get that the position is delta neutral as many of them are options traders themselves. Kudos to you for understanding my situation and not just calling me regarded for doing this as I have options trading experience just not much with IBKR.
I don't know of any brokerages that allow trading in South Korea (maybe IBKR but I'd check first.) There are no foreign ordinaries in the US for South Korean stocks and the few that exist (GDRs, perhaps? See Samsung) don't trade.
SGBX made me too nervous to buy. Definitely a missed chance but I felt like any individual buy candle could be the shorts covering and we wouldn't know for a bit until fintel or IBKR refreshed.
I agree. But you get used to it. Also, I have questrade. But they are expensive to trade options but good for getting real time market price without paying extra like IBKR
Register with IBKR and start investing. The ASX tracks the S&P500 but with worse returns, and of course we don't have anything close to the Mag7.
I like Robinhood for the UI. Speedy and easy. Doesn’t always have spread accuracy but I can deal with it. Schwab is absolute trash. My TD account transferred to this and I absolutely hate it Opened an IBKR account and am very impressed that I can invest globally in any market. Haven’t played with the app much. May eventually switch fully. But just not sure how good it is for quick day trades
hahhaha I’m sorry for the word salad, was pretty mad yesterday about the Opportunity cost. Yes I think you understood perfectly what I was trying to do, I believe it was an unsettled funds issue here. I usually trade with Tasty and just moved to IBKR, tasty is more lenient especially when calling their amazing customer reps. OCC cutoff time is 5:30, IB only cuts of 5 min before that and yes basically SPY went deeper ITM past that, as you have pointed out already by then it’s too late. Still managed to get the first 100 shares and sell them on, now I have my second batch of 100 shares, wich I’m still holding. I also submitted a complaint ticket with IBKR to see if they’ll comp some fees out of goodwill.