I never traded SPX; to be honest i never had a broker before asking so much in margin for the E-mini; i don't know much about how SPAN works but...
I do usually buy puts above for hedging (10 sold 4 bought), with premium bought around 60%-80% of the premium sold but even like that it still...
I'm trading some ES future options with IB but it seems to me that the margin requirements are way too high compared to other brokers, i'm talking...
Thanks for your help.
As it appears what I’m told doesn’t work I’m actually thinking of using futures after all. It seems the best way. I found that I can trade the...
Look. I clearly wrote that I’m willing to pay an hedging cost so I don’t expect the market to give me anything for free. If I could use a forward...
If I was working with a “physical” trader I would change in usd and use a forward to hedge the position. Then I would roll the forward. That would...
Hello; i have an EUR account on IB and i trade future index options on the S&P500 (E-Mini);the size of the account is well above the 100,000; if i...
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