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September 4th, 2015, 05:33 AM
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GFIs1
Yeah - @
PeakGrowth the things are extreme:
Were intraday margins last year around 7K rising to 12K
now they were 16K intraday and the moment of high vola
as they skipped the intrady margin - it was 32K this week...
This has nothing to do with the market itself - it looks like
IB wants to get rid of "small" customers...
And use the moment for their strategy.
GFIs1
Or they might be encouraging people to not trade Eurex products, or it might be they are eliminating risk, like you say.
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
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September 4th, 2015, 05:35 AM
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GFIs1
Yeah - @
PeakGrowth the things are extreme:
Were intraday margins last year around 7K rising to 12K
now they were 16K intraday and the moment of high vola
as they skipped the intrady margin - it was 32K this week...
This has nothing to do with the market itself - it looks like
IB wants to get rid of "small" customers...
And use the moment for their strategy.
GFIs1
I think IB got scared after the Swiss Franc-disaster when the SNB removed the floor in EURCHF. IB has been increasing margin requirements ever since, both in their FX and their futures offerings.
But I don't think it's a deliberate strategy to get rid of their small customers. Why would they create CFD 's where you can trade 1/25th of a DAX-contract if they want to dump their small customers?
BTW, the official DAX margin requirement is 24.455 EUR per contract at the moment.
Eurex - Risk parameters and initial margins
September 4th, 2015, 07:46 AM
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janbab
I think IB got scared after the Swiss Franc-disaster when the SNB removed the floor in EURCHF. IB has been increasing margin requirements ever since, both in their FX and their futures offerings.
But I don't think it's a deliberate strategy to get rid of their small customers. Why would they create
CFD 's where you can trade 1/25th of a DAX-
contract if they want to dump their small customers?
BTW, the official DAX margin requirement is 24.455 EUR per contract at the moment.
Eurex - Risk parameters and initial margins
So it looks like it's Eurex official margin requirement and not IB tying to blow their small fries out of the water?
Them German's must be concerned about something...
September 7th, 2015, 02:21 AM
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Here the margin page for futures - especially marked the DAX:
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September 7th, 2015, 02:33 AM
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US Labor day:
No trade today... Instead lower volumes expected.
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September 9th, 2015, 03:20 AM
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Today a strong up gap !
Price sits now on 50% fibonacci as well as Ichimoku TenkanSen.
That is resistance for now.
Trade previewed:
Dax short 9:30 to 14:30
entry @ 10503
exit @ 10451
result 52 points
IB vol strong
GFIs1
September 11th, 2015, 04:04 AM
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Dax short 10:00 to 14:30
entry @ 10188
exit @ 10160
result 28 points
IB vol good
tight stop
GFIs1
comment - exit was to late - but still - looking at the crazy markets ;-)
September 11th, 2015, 02:23 PM
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Nice entry !
Have a nice Week-end !
September 14th, 2015, 01:56 AM
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Week 36 had two negative trades
weekly result -60 points
Week 37 had two positive trades
weekly result 80 points
Points since week 2: 410
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September 14th, 2015, 03:28 AM
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Dax short 10:30 to 13:00
entry @ 10160
exit @ 10136
result 24 points
IB vol strong
GFIs1
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