You can have a Euro account. By default all IB accounts are multicurrency. So you could eithier deposit GBP and convert with IB into EUR as I...
Suppose you're buying a call on DAX. If you trade with interactive brokers and you don't have enough euros then they'll automatically lend you...
Heres some examples Buy option on DAX, cost euro 995, commision euros 5 translate into GBP at rate on day of purchase = £600 Sell option for...
Doesn't matter where the contracts are you pay UK CGT. If you make more than the £11K ish allowance, then you pay tax, no matter where you are...
At the risk of reigniting the fire I also worked on the Barcap London exotics desk for 18 months, and we also traded vanilla swaptions (do we know...
Yes if you are classified as a non professional (which if your income is mainly from another source you almost certainly will be), you'll pay CGT...
It has clearly been a while since I checked my margin, or my memory isn't great. I'm currently using £127,000 of margin on a £400,000 account, or...
CG12310 (2) is less about box trades, and more about anti avoidance tactics (to stop my employer paying me in riskless share options, which I then...
Nah, still some good trends out there. Broadly the best trends in the last 12 months have been: - collapse in equity vol and rise in equities;...
I'm not a lawyer, but I've done some research on this. It's a capital gain, unless your trading is qualified as a 'business', in which case you'd...
Essentially what you have to do is start receiving ticks. Each tick could be an update to any part of the level 1 order book (bid / ask price or...
Trades Trades take 1 code contractid filled_datetime filledtrade filledprice 2965 AUD 201506 2015-03-13 02:08:15...
I think it depends on what you want the model for. Is it do risk management? Then a combination of EMH, brownian motion, if used correctly isn't a...
Yesterdays trades Trades take 1 code contractid filled_datetime filledtrade filledprice 2950 AUD 201506 2015-03-12...
1. You can use the real time bars, though personally I get book data (make sure your ticks are close together and you aren't matching a stale bid...
Todays trades code contractid filled_datetime filledtrade filledprice 2934 AUD 201506 2015-03-11 01:57:19 -1...
This raises an interesting question. If a plan (or if you prefer a trading system) can't be written down, or explained to other people, or coded...
Todays trades code contractid filled_datetime filledtrade filledprice 2913 AUD 201506 2015-03-10 06:52:56 -3...
Correct, about the training. But I'm not sure it gives me an edge. There is nothing I do which couldn't be reconstructed from publically...
In order: Realised volatlility versus expectations Costs versus expectations Skew, and related statistics like average gain to loss. Last, and...
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