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I keep getting errors that I don't have enough free margin for a trade when I have 2x or more free margin available per interactive brokers. I'm long equities and long in options and trying to go long on futures. The algo is trying to place a futures order and the calculation for the initial margin amount seems correct for he futures contract but the free margin calculation is totally wrong. How can I disable this and force the algo to send the order?
Live Handled Error: Order Error: ids: [51], Insufficient buying power to complete orders (Value:[263710]), Reason: Id: 51, Initial Margin: 18482.15, Free Margin: 14501.492494.
Louis Szeto
Hi All
You can take this sample algorithm as reference, to allow infinite buying power.
Best
Louis
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