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...
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...
I think they're related because both are about government securities used as collateral for other trades. My assumption that you don't trade...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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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?...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I would be surprised if you could. A $1 million trade would probably be considered an odd-lot by most dealers.
Unfortunately, on web forums, there are always people who rush to "answer" questions but don't have any actual knowledge to offer. As Etiger...
Yes, of course, I have tried again many times. I've now confirmed that I'm seeing actual trade-throughs. Multiple "last trade" prices that are...
I place an order to sell some treasury bonds that I own at IB with an asking price approximately midpoint of the bid/ask spread. The IB asking...
Surely you have some kind of description that offers more detail than you have provided so far? This is something that customers have good...
Why is it so difficult to find out the actual test? For most of your calculations IB assume its customers are intelligent enought to understand...
Do you guys have a description somewhere of the test that you use to determine whether a portfolio is concentrated? I assume it's some kind of...
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