This flag identifies companies whose market capitalization is less than 50 million USD, or whose monthly trading share volume (as a fraction of shares outstanding) is very low relative to rest of the universe.
Illiquid
Overview:
Please be advised that we have increased the initial margin rates to 100% on low capitalization stocks (currently defined as companies with less than $250 million in market capitalization). The maintenance margin increases will occur in stages starting with an increase to 50% beginning after the EU market close on Friday, January 25th, 2013 and will be implemented as follows:…
Volatility is used as a measure of a security's riskiness. Typically investors view a high volatility as high risk. This flag identifies companies with extreme volatile daily returns over the past year, both in an absolute sense and also relative to rest of the financial universe…
Existing shareholders usually dislike share dilution because their ownership stake decreases without them trading any stock. This flag identifies companies where shares outstanding for the most recent fiscal year is significantly higher than that same metric from the prior fiscal year, both in an absolute sense and also relative to rest of the universe…
Cryptocurrency trading on Interactive Brokers’ platform has a low commission of just 0.20% to 0.30% of trade value depending on monthly trade volume with a USD 2.25 minimum per order.
A monthly custody fee of 8 basis points will also be charged on the average daily value of cryptocurrency held in your account. …