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rossored
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Excellent. Can't fault them.
Your other questions are best answered by using the facilities on the IB website.
www.interactivebrokers.co.uk
Your other questions are best answered by using the facilities on the IB website.
www.interactivebrokers.co.uk
donaldduke
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Seems like twowayfutures.com sit between you and IB and charge a premium on eachcj12 said:
trade.
What value do they add to justify this premium?
I was also thinking of opening an account with IB in UK. I traded futures with First American for several years before they were bought by Man Financial and I do not get the same service any longer I used to get being with a smaller firm.
Does anyone have any experience with the Forex side of IB and the the spreads? I heard tthe spreads were very wide.
Alexander
Does anyone have any experience with the Forex side of IB and the the spreads? I heard tthe spreads were very wide.
Alexander
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donaldduke said:
they are known as introducing brokers. they typically charge a premium on r/t costs as they provide 'value added service' (over that which the clearer will provide) for the extra costs. in this case answering the phone is their v-a-s!
this imo may be an idea if trading pit contracts, where human error can represent an element of extra risk, but with e-contracts, the extra value they can add erodes.
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Interactive brokers CME-CBOT futures commissions v's the competition
Hi
IB offer the cheapest commissions within CME-CBOT futures trading that I am aware of. However, the only other brokerage service that I know much about is Tradestation
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Is anyone aware of any direct access futures brokers covering the US based futures markets that offer cheaper commissions than IB? If so, their names please .
Many thanks
jtrader.
Hi
IB offer the cheapest commissions within CME-CBOT futures trading that I am aware of. However, the only other brokerage service that I know much about is Tradestation
.Is anyone aware of any direct access futures brokers covering the US based futures markets that offer cheaper commissions than IB? If so, their names please
.Many thanks
jtrader.
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IB are hard to beat if you trade low volumes, e.g 1-10 lots a day, but once you reach 15-20 it's possibly worth looking elsewhere.
Have a look at www.transactfutures.com and www.velocityfutures.com. There's lots more here too. >>
http://www.elitetrader.com/br/
If I remember rightly Bill at Transact quoted me $2.94 per r/t on 364+ rts a month (18 a day) for the YM.
If you want it even cheaper you can lease/buy a seat from the CBOT or CME.
http://www.cme.com/trading/mem/leaseprices.html (IOM for index futures)
http://www.cbot.com/cbot/pub/page/0,3181,936,00.html (IDEM for Dow futures)
Have a look at www.transactfutures.com and www.velocityfutures.com. There's lots more here too. >>
http://www.elitetrader.com/br/
If I remember rightly Bill at Transact quoted me $2.94 per r/t on 364+ rts a month (18 a day) for the YM.
If you want it even cheaper you can lease/buy a seat from the CBOT or CME.
http://www.cme.com/trading/mem/leaseprices.html (IOM for index futures)
http://www.cbot.com/cbot/pub/page/0,3181,936,00.html (IDEM for Dow futures)
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Re: IB margin
Although IB's commissions are hard to beat . You should understand a little discussed aspect of IB's trading cost when you're comparing brokers. Interactive Broker's will not pay credit interest on the first $10,000 of your account's cash balance. So i.e., at 4% interest that's about $400/yr or $33/month that you lose compared to brokers that give full cash balance interest.
The other aspect to remember is when you short a stock; IB's will not pay interest for the cash your account receives from the short sale on the balance below $100,000. This becomes a significant amount of money when compared to brokers that pay full account balance credit interest on shorted proceeds.
see the examples at their website.
http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/interestMethods.php
hope this helps you,
urep
ken otalor said:
Although IB's commissions are hard to beat . You should understand a little discussed aspect of IB's trading cost when you're comparing brokers. Interactive Broker's will not pay credit interest on the first $10,000 of your account's cash balance. So i.e., at 4% interest that's about $400/yr or $33/month that you lose compared to brokers that give full cash balance interest.
The other aspect to remember is when you short a stock; IB's will not pay interest for the cash your account receives from the short sale on the balance below $100,000. This becomes a significant amount of money when compared to brokers that pay full account balance credit interest on shorted proceeds.
see the examples at their website.
http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/interestMethods.php
hope this helps you,
urep
Which broker gives you 4% for the whole balance of $10,000 and do not charge a software fee? It is true that account of this size or close is relatively expensive on IB. It does not cancel the fact that IB provides excellent interest rates if you compare to others. Also, which broker pays you good interest on money received from short sales and not charges you for these sales? If you want to compare, let's compare with concrete numbers from the other side. IB is a business but not charity.
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To avoid confusion/conflicts between this IB thread and the other one, I have closed this one.
Any further questions regarding IB can be answered on their new thread, here:
http://www.trade2win.com/boards/showthread.php?t=18316
Any further questions regarding IB can be answered on their new thread, here:
http://www.trade2win.com/boards/showthread.php?t=18316
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