That's a nice IB feature. They also allowed you to get fills on pink sheeters before the open, which was awesome when a company reported terrific earnings and was going to gap up big. But the affiliate hassle was so frustrating I couldn't take it anymore. I had to respond 'No I'm not an affiliate' and then they would eventually remove the trading restriction. I finally talked to them and told them hey I've never been affiliated with any of these companies...and I never will be. So when they put the next restriction on, it was the last straw. Hopefully you have better luck!
I've had an IB account for well over a decade .... it's just a secondary account for me but has many features not offered by other brokers. Primarily I use it for commodity futures options trading, mostly NG, which has been very profitable for me. Also they allow GTC orders for shorting of pinksheets. My short in OPTT has been nicely profitable. They also offer shorting of hard to borrow securities, albeit at heft interest rates. Recently they began offering 24 hour trading in 10,000 stocks, although overnight liquidity is minimal -
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