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Hi, Is IB universal account a cash account or a margin account , or its a combination of those two? And can you confirm I DON'T need a margin account to have the 4 time leverage(buying power) for stock trading ? Regards, Steve

Hi IB, Thanks for you quick reply. 2. Correct. But I have heard that IB margin account is for future and so even if I just open a Normal IB stock trading account, I would still have 4 times leverage(buying power) to long or short certain stocks, is that correct ? 3. Market data feeds, vary...

New to here, want to trade US equity, T2W seems to be a good site !

Sorry if my question sounds silly but I am trying to open an IB account here for US equity trading(PDT). My requirements are : 1> Ability to execute my trading command for US equity(PDT) . 2> I need to short equity. So I presume I need an margin account from IB. 3> I don't need IB data feed &...