Originally Posted by
FullFlaps
All brokers play the same games with margin calls etc retail or institutional side. Interactive brokers gives you a lot of tools vs the other brokers especially if you're tech savvy.
They seem to be the dealer of choice for budding quants / algo guys.
As with all brokers and clearing firms make sure you're going through your blotter looking for "discrepancies".
...very true, and yeah, over time I have come to realize that with all brokers one must remember that it’s strictly business and they are neither friend nor foe, although, like all business nowadays, they all try to paint a different picture.