That’s true for most exchanges tho, ARCA does the same.
Well, it finally got still much cheaper than any other Swiss broker that I know…
Hello Mustachian community,
I am new on this. I open my IB account but then when I want to buy ETFs domiciled in Ireland or Luxemburg, I cannot make it.
How do you do it?
Thanks in advance
Hi
IB support would be of a better help. A form may be missing or an authorisation in your settings.
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Thank you Guillaume! I will contact them
Did you fund your account and have the funds?
Do you have a margin or cash account?
Hi San Francisco, yes, I have funds in the account, it is a cash account. Thanks
You did convert them to the ETFs trading currency (prior to making a buy order), did you?
Hi San_Francisco, yes, I did
Hello,
I have another beginners question, When I want to buy some ETFs at IB, I get a message saying I should request permission.
Should I do this? What are the risks of clicking there?
Thanks
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Yes.
Well, you should understand what you are doing and don’t complain if the value your investment goes down.
Hi Dr. PI. Thank you for taking the time to answer.
I am asking because i want to.understand it. Would you like to help?
Thank you in advance
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Well, what can I tell? No. I am not answering basis questions that are covered by basic FAQ of Interactive Brokers or where answered in this forum.
Check the IBKR for dummies thread.
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What the others said ^
And try not to open a new thread for each question which can be asked in an existing generally matching topic.
Thank you all, in particular to Cortana who indeed helped me.
Have a nice day ahead.
I’ve noticed a change in the IB web interface, US ARCA(VT) the quote button is gone and the data seems live/real time for free.
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Yeah, I noticed now the quotes are free and real time price and that the snapshot price has gone. Thanks IB 
I bought an ETF denominated in EUR monthly over the last year and IBKR now tells me it is almost at 0 gain/loss but if I sell and exchange to CHF I have a loss of 7% before sell and fx fees. How is that possible? 7% loss only because of the EUR weakening against CHF?
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An ETF or shares denominated in EUR bought monthly over the last year which are now at 0 gain/loss in EUR, would show an approx. 7% loss in CHF, yes about right.
According to the exchange rate you would have bought at an average of about 1.075 CHF/EUR (starting at 1.11 decreasing to 1.04) in that timeframe.
Current exchange rate 1.00.
Loss in CHF =7%
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