Questions tagged [interactive-brokers]
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IBKR keeps depositing dividends as "payment in lieu" despite not having a margin loan with them or being subscribed to their share lending program
I'm invested in a broad range of index funds that pay dividends once a quarter. Whenever they pay dividends, IBKR deposits over half of those dividends into my account as "payments in lieu" instead of straight up, ordinary/qualified dividends.
I…
user19035
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Fill outside RTH vs Allow pre-open
In the following drop-down, I only can select one checkbox. How to choose pre-open and after-hours both? Are not these options correspond to pre hours and after markets?
Image source: Times in Force for Orders
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IBKR: on what depends the cash settlement time?
I have a cash account without margin. Usually after selling stock cash settles according to T + 2 algorithm. But sometimes my buying power increases right after selling so the cash settles immediately. Is it what they call T + 1? On what does it…
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What is "IB Symbol" in Interactive Brokers?
What is "IB Symbol" in Interactive Brokers? Why is it sometimes different from the "Symbol"?
For example, in Xetra exchange, the iShares Core MSCI EM IMI UCITS ETF has Symbol IS3N, as expected. But its IB Symbol in the same table is EMIM. Same for…
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Is there an Interactive Brokers timeline of actions?
is there an IBKR timeline of actions? I'm looking for something like (fictional timeline)
1 january: deposited $1K to account.
2 january: bought 3x brkb shares at $300/piece
3 january: bought 1x fb share at $100/piece
4 january: sold 1x brkb share…
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InteractiveBrokers: Cash Balance
I started a Cash account at IKBR, transferred USD and made some trades in various currencies. When I ask "IBot" about the Cash Balance, the balance is negative and changes frequently.
On my currency statement, USD is positive, EUR, GBP are…
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How to buy shares with Interactive Brokers? Stupid question it seems but is really challenging
I had multiple accounts with different brokers.
I used to just hit the buy button with the amount or quantity I need. Transaction completed in seconds.
With IB I am really confused.
1) Terminology
I am not sure if the concept of buying shares in IB…
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At which point Interactive Brokers monthly fees are applied?
From the page I've learned that Standard Activity Fee is $10.
But I can't find information at which point you will be charged. I'm interested because lets say I want to transfer some amount of money into my Interactive Brokers account now and invest…
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How to set Profit taker order from Limit to Market in bracket orders?
When I setup my bracket order in Interactive brokers, my Profit taker order is set to Limit by default. I want something like, when a market touches my limit price, I immediately want that order to sell/buy to the market. The problem is sometimes, I…
Akshay Dalvi
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Show difference between purchase price and actual price of stocks
I would like to show the difference between the purchase price and the actual price of stocks in the Portfolio in the Interactive Brokers Trade workstation (TWS). I could not find such a column in the columns selection.
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Failing to buy on IBKR
Help me to understand please. I want to stocks (i.e. VOO). I have several thousands in cash on my account. But when I submit an order I get this message
Why does this happen? Why I can't buy when I have cash?
Maybe someone knows why my cash is…
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How to remove the gap from the chart in TWS?
TWS shoes a gap for the time which the market is offline. How to remove the gap?
Is there any way to see the pre-market and aftermarket time but hide them for the tickers which are not exchanged out of RTH?
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Interactive Brokers: Looking for asset classes similar to stock market that I can practice buy/sell outside business hours
I am in EST Timezone and I work during the business hours.
I am trying to practice trading using IB's Trading Workstation. I have Trading Workstation installed on my machine and I've a practice account.
The challenge that I am going through is that…
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