they have a mumbai number to call, but no body answers. i asked IB US office a question on the margin money, they havent replied yet. to open account, you need to fund the account. they have a demo account (they give 1 million dollars
) and also have a demo TWS. but you need to fund the normal account to get a demo account
u can auto trade using their APIs. thru excel, java.. also u can send orders thru Ami, ami has an interface to TWS