Registered: Aug 2011
Posts: 170

i am long 2M EURCHF in IB and the interest charge is about 40USD a day which is a little expensive given that the carry is "supposed" to the positive.

I am now looking to do the trade via CME EURCHF forward instead.

how do you guys go around the high carry cost issue with IB?

Registered: Jan 2009
Posts: 5641

Do the trade somewhere else...

Registered: Aug 2011
Posts: 170

where can you buy EURCHF options?

Registered: Jan 2009
Posts: 314

IB rollover charges can be a ripoff, last time I checked OANDA had better interest rates.

btw I didn't know you could trade forwards on CME

Registered: Jan 2009
Posts: 5641

The OP is referring to the IMM forward, aka the EURCHF futures, I presume.

Registered: Apr 2010
Posts: 37

You're not going to beat the liquidity of the CME for FX options: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/fx/...expMonth=201206

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