Recent Content by BobG

  1. Haircut of Canadian treasury bills used as collateral

    Sorry, I see that I wasn't clear. I meant the cash balance in the futures account. The cash in my IB futures account is less than the...
    Post by: BobG, Mar 21, 2023 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. Haircut of Canadian treasury bills used as collateral

    Are you just determined to fight with people? I was pointing out that your post was helpful. The fact that it happens with larger sizes was...
    Post by: BobG, Mar 21, 2023 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. Haircut of Canadian treasury bills used as collateral

    I think they're related because both are about government securities used as collateral for other trades. My assumption that you don't trade...
    Post by: BobG, Mar 21, 2023 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  4. Haircut of Canadian treasury bills used as collateral

    I do understand about the minimum quantities and see them at fidelity as well. However, I've never noticed a minimum quantity that's larger than...
    Post by: BobG, Mar 21, 2023 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  5. Haircut of Canadian treasury bills used as collateral

    This is consistent with my experience trading treasuries at IB. I don't think it's limited to small orders or t-bills. I've found that I don't...
    Post by: BobG, Mar 21, 2023 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. Haircut of Canadian treasury bills used as collateral

    I reread your OP and see that you asked about using canadian bills for collateral for your unspecified trades at IB. Those of us who are...
    Post by: BobG, Mar 21, 2023 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  7. Haircut of Canadian treasury bills used as collateral

    Thanks for this info. After tradegoodstocks' post, I bought a t-bill for more than the cash balance in my IB futures account to test it myself....
    Post by: BobG, Mar 21, 2023 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. Haircut of Canadian treasury bills used as collateral

    M.W. : You might want to unsubscribe from this thread if you're no longer interested in the topic.
    Post by: BobG, Mar 21, 2023 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  9. Haircut of Canadian treasury bills used as collateral

    Ok. Sounds good. It's pretty cheap for me to try it and see what happens. BTW, did you mean t-bills or all treasuries in your comment below?...
    Post by: BobG, Mar 20, 2023 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  10. Haircut of Canadian treasury bills used as collateral

    I still don't know what one has to do to get the t-bills moved to the futures account. I assume it doesn't happen automatically? Did you buy the...
    Post by: BobG, Mar 18, 2023 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  11. Haircut of Canadian treasury bills used as collateral

    Could you supply a link to the boglehead forum where someone has actually done this or, even better, PM me the details. I've searched and all...
    Post by: BobG, Mar 11, 2023 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  12. Haircut of Canadian treasury bills used as collateral

    Did you actually do a trade and verify that they were using t-bills for margin to replace cash held in the futures sub-account? They told me that...
    Post by: BobG, Jan 19, 2023 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  13. Source for Option Adjusted Spread OAS calculations

    Does anyone know of a source for option adjusted spread calculations on bonds, CDs and preferred stocks? It doesn't have to be free, but does...
    Thread by: BobG, Jan 8, 2022, 0 replies, in forum: Fixed Income

  14. Where can a Retail Investor buy commercial paper?

    I would be surprised if you could. A $1 million trade would probably be considered an odd-lot by most dealers.
    Post by: BobG, Mar 19, 2021 in forum: Fixed Income