I have portfolio margin at IB. I trade options, futures, forex and stocks and some foreign stocks. Is there any reason to go prop? And to make...
Ok, I'm using Leopard and looking at Crossover as an alternative to Fusion or Paralells (or buying an extra Wintel computer). But when I go to the...
I got all kind of glitches, mostly minor -- but annoying -- and the tech support people are saying that the programmers still have not figured out...
I got all kind of glitches and the tech support people are saying that the programmers still have not figured it out. Anyone migrating to Windows...
Similar to the CSW housing market derivatives? Looking for ways to short commercial real estate, outside of shorting individual companies.
I know Timber Hill is the specialist, but I can't find a way to place an order through IB for currency options. Just currency futures options. Are...
Any clarifications coming from the IRS on whether cash Forex has to be marked-to-market (MTM) for those of us not opting out of IRC 988, and...
Anyone use IB for an ocasional floor trade of futures or futures options. Comments? (I'm looking for some longer-dated JPY options and the Globex...
My IB account is linked to a US checking account. But I am also a non-US resident (but a US citizen) in Australia and have a checking account in...
One of those trader profiles in Futures magazine this month profiles some guy who does condors but with the long part of the wing a month further...
This is major. Some regulatory body needs to look at this.
Can't seem to find the order on the pull down menus or on the tickets? Not even listed on the type of order page. Jeeze, even Fidelity offers this.
Having any problems? I can't get into the IB bulletin board, which isn't a terrible loss. But I'm wondering what other glitches I should expect.
I'm looking at POT options, Leaps and short term, and most of them seem to have negative time value today, at least based on the close. How is...
1. How do I opt out of Sec. 988 to get Sec. 1256 treatment of any Forex gains? Is this done once? Annually? Revocable? 2. If I have losses and...
Do I have this right? Let's say 300 shares of FXE costs about $42,000 and costs me roughly $21K in margin. The $42,000 EUR via Forex, however, say...
Do they exist? Or just on the equities? Need to know to try and short a put in an IRA without cash securing.
Ok, I get the theory of the synthetic, but are they equal considering margin required for each is different, especially since you can't do a short...
Are there any long dollar ETFs that are country-specific rather than versus a basket of other currencies. I know there are several Rydex ETFs...
I buy a deep ITM Leap call. I write an OTM short-term call. the short-term call expires worthless. Do I book a short-term gain. Or do I subtract...
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