InteractiveBrokers Paper Trading Account and Initial Margin

[ntbone]

According to this post here

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-7/platform-technical-support/5625-brokerage-account-balances

and this page here

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/?accounts_tab.htm#UnderstandingTheAccountsTab

I should get Initial Margin as data from Interactive Brokers, yet NinjaTrader shows me a value of 0 for my paper trading account. It does show me a non-zero value for Maintenance Margin.

Why is the Initial Margin 0?

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello ntbone,

Thank you for your reply.

We're currently looking into account values that are displayed for Interactive Brokers accounts right now. It was recently brought to our attention that this may not be provided through their API at the current time. Once our development team determines if this is a bug or expected, we will have more information.

Thanks in advance; I look forward to assisting you further.