I was thinking about that. Any instrument tracking Nikkei 225 with European options? Edit: found it...
sorry, still don't' understand. to me a carry trade is borrow yen at 0.25%, exchange jpy to usd and buy & hold us tbills at 5%. but with 6j yen...
Shorting any futures contract, including 6J, does not increase the cash balance with the value of the contract.
IBRK will charge me about 1.5% interest. Is there a way to pay closer to 0.25% BoJ rate? Like a government TBill.
What instruments / symbols would you use?
"selling a covered call and buying a further out-of-the-money (OTM) call" - not allowed in any registered / cash account, only possible in margin...
You are right, people are using SPX boxes for similar purpose. I've done it myself many times, and the main issue the SPX boxes is an unreliable...
yeah, my plan was to buy $250k worth of stock with $488 /sarc
a $250k position requires $488 margin.
Oct 31 bid yield is 5.383%. I have no doubt that I can execute the sell order at this yield.
Isn't more cost efficient to short sell t-bills instead of margin loan? The best I can get with my broker is 6.6% loan while 6 month t-bill is...
I open a ticket with IBRK for a case of rejected orders. A buy combo order, limit 4, multiplier 100, $2.50 commision, in a cash like account with...
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