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IB cancellation fee

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I have a question regarding the cancellation fee. I have cancelled multiple options that were active orders and I cant see if they have costed me commision. I go to the daily activity report it doesnt show any extra fees. 

Any idea if the fees are 100% certain to happen and where can I see these fees? 

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I haven't verified if they've changed it, but IB used to charge a cancellation fee on option orders. However, it didn't apply to spreads - only individual options. Not sure if it has changed as I almost never trade individual options anymore.

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19 minutes ago, akhouston said:

There's no cancelation fee with ib

Ok so there is no modification or cancellation fee anymore? Because I keep seeing posts everywhere stating this but I do not see any fees in my own statements, I do don't want to be surprised after x months of paying fees I did not know occured. 

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47 minutes ago, Bull3t007 said:

I have a question regarding the cancellation fee. I have cancelled multiple options that were active orders and I cant see if they have costed me commision. I go to the daily activity report it doesnt show any extra fees. 

Any idea if the fees are 100% certain to happen and where can I see these fees? 

 

24 minutes ago, greenspan76 said:

I haven't verified if they've changed it, but IB used to charge a cancellation fee on option orders. However, it didn't apply to spreads - only individual options. Not sure if it has changed as I almost never trade individual options anymore.

@Bull3t007 -

as @greenspan76 points out the cancellation fee applies to individual options, not to spreads. If you want to double check, you can find your fees under Reports tab > activity > statements >  in the statements you'll find a tab 'fees'. If you have paid fees (for cancellation), they should be in there.

That being said, I don't think it is really an issue, b/c the cancellation fee is 0.01.

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25 minutes ago, Bull3t007 said:

 

One of these tabs or within these tabs? Because at other fees I cannot find any cancellation fees.

@Bull3t007 - you should see a tab 'Fees' (see screenshot), and under the list of other fees, you'll see a separate list of cancellation fees. 

IB fees_LI.jpg

 

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Just now, 4REAL said:

@Bull3t007 - you should see a tab 'Fees' (see screenshot), and under the list of other fees, you'll see a separate list of cancellation fees (see 2nd screenshot). I have to say in all of 2016 and 2017 I had NO cancellation fees. 

IB fees_LI.jpg

Fees Order Cancellation.JPG

Yeah I saw eventually, I had to change the options shown in the statement. Haven't had any cancellation fees since I started so that nice. Thank you for your help:)

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