И еще. Если они оговаривают, что действуют как agent for the Customer (т.е. не сводят ордера на своем счете), то для чего им такое упоминание (п.10):

- Interactive Brokers and companies affiliated with it engage in proprietary trading, and may trade the same products which IB makes available for its Customers. Interactive Brokers will submit Customer orders to the Exchange immediately upon receipt. The exchange may cross Customer Orders with proprietary orders.

и зачем авторизация (п.12):

"Customer authorizes IB, its affiliates, or their customers, to act as buyers with respect to orders given by Customer to IB to sell for Customer's Account(s) ... on any commodity futures, securities or options exchange."

полный текст см. ниже.

Спасибо. Александр.

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6. The Customer is obligated to notify the IB Help Desk immediately ... if Customer receives a confirmation of an order that the Customer did not enter, or an otherwise erroneous confirmation. An erroneous confirmation may bind the Customer if a Customer does not provide Interactive Brokers with immediate notice of the error by 9:30 a.m. (U.S. Eastern Time) on the following trading day. Interactive Brokers may hold the Customer bound by the error. Erroneous confirmations are subject to correction by IB to reflect the actual order execution if consistent with Customer's Order, and such corrected confirmation shall bind Customer.

8. If the IB System improperly closes out a Customer position, the Customer is required to re-establish the position within a reasonable period of time after the Customer learns, or should have learned, of the close-out. What is "reasonable" depends on the circumstances, and it is presumed that the Customer will act as a reasonable person, taking into consideration that it is the Customer's obligation to monitor open positions. A reasonable time could be a matter of a few minutes.

10. Unless otherwise specifically confirmed, Interactive Brokers executes all trades as agent for the Customer. If a Customer's trade is rejected by the exchange, Interactive Brokers will not be responsible for the trade. Interactive Brokers and companies affiliated with it engage in proprietary trading, and may trade the same products which IB makes available for its Customers. Interactive Brokers will submit Customer orders to the Exchange immediately upon receipt. The exchange may cross Customer Orders with proprietary orders.

12. Affiliates of Interactive Brokers are active traders and may submit orders which may be executed by the exchange against Customer orders. Customers authorize any commodity futures, securities or options exchanges, or floor brokers on any such exchanges, to cross orders for Customer's Account(s) with orders for (i) other IB customers, or (ii) IB or its affiliates' proprietary account(s). Customer authorizes IB, its affiliates, or their customers, to act as buyers with respect to orders given by Customer to IB to sell for Customer's Account(s), or as sellers with respect to orders given by Customer to IB to buy for Customer's Account(s), on any commodity futures, securities or options exchange.

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