Does IB pay daily interest on funds for a Reg T margin account? Their description mentions securities and commodities accounts... also is this...
Hey, don't blame me. IB's description gives it a different name... take it up with them. And no, with IB you have a choice: loan or conversion....
Yes and there are several ways of during this: 1. Margin Loan colladeralized by the base currency (to purchase a security in a foreign...
False. IB states that one can create a margin loan when converting currencies to buy equitites OR one can convert them direction (full cash)....
It's not necessarily that simple nor is this outlined clearly by IB. With most fx brokers you still need a margin loan (i.e. pay interest...
But an individual's funds are still concentrated in one bank... how does this help the individual trader diversify?
The rule is fine, but do all brokers follow the rules?
The wiring info you get from IB has Citibank as the fund's bank. No other bank is specified. Also, there is no other indication that accounts are...
So, insurance wouldn't cover this?
That was my understanding as well. Thank you. It seems a lot of people complain about IB, nut quite sure why. If you've been in business this long...
I have heard (could just be a rumor) that unless you specify that you want your funds segrated from IB's working funds, it will not happen...
I understand if you don't want to share this info, but what is your income level? As far as I know you have to specify this right in the beginning...
how so?
In this case if think it's less a matter of ETFs vs Stocks, but rather the difference between volatile and less volatile markets. SKF...
SKF is looking jummy right about now. :) http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=SKF&p=D&b=3&g=0&id=p28825147897 Very volatile though. In fact,...
ah yes, thanks. ;)
Why not just short an ETF that tracks the financial sector.... can't think of the name now, it's very volatile.
Not if the U.S. consumer has anything to say about it...
Certainly true that CL is a much wilder beast these days than YM/ES. In fact, I'm not sure that many traders are doing that well in this...
...and why.
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