Thanks, I appreciate it.
I am certain that they would:) However I do not, beyond some knowledge of Incoterms. I'd like to familiarize myself a little bit if possible.
Suppose a company were interested in purchasing a large quantity of crude oil futures, with the intention of taking delivery. What might they...
My ToS account password is currently not working, and judging by Twitter I'm not the only one. Just a heads up. Apologies if this has been...
Does anyone have insight as to whether option 3 is viable? That is, simultaneously reselling the short call and using the proceeds to close out...
I see what you're saying. I'm assuming that my overall account position would be distressed by the assignment, and so that wouldn't be possible....
The underlying is the futures position though, yes? I had thought all three suggested options were variations on that theme. Or am I missing...
I'm trying to assess a bear call spread in /CL. I've looked through a few threads on early assignment, but I'm hazy on when the futures and...
Good to know. Thanks!
Sorry, I should have been clearer. I couldn't unravel those two ideas (counterparty risk and liquidity characteristics) in the piece I linked....
The most relevant item on this that I could find was here: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2010/03/12/holdmarkets-money-idUKLDE62B0QF20100312 It...
I suppose you'd incur counterparty risk on the last three months of your investment--is that what you mean? But I'm not sure the cost of...
How is it that the average yield of the 3-month LIBOR (.26) and the October Eurodollar future (.415) is so much less than the 6-month LIBOR (0.43)...
Thanks, that was very informative. I appreciate it.
If I'm understanding you correctly, "Eurodollar put skew is relatively expensive" = It's a relatively good value to sell OTM puts "ATM vol...
Thanks for the reply. I expect the 3-month LIBOR to reach 1.25%, and I'd be looking at about a $5K trade.
Suppose I believe interest rates will rise over the next few years, and want to buy and hold long-dated eurodollar puts (say, June '13s). How...
I just had a look at the "Base Currency" page on IB http://ibkb.interactivebrokers.com/node/57 which says, "If the client elects to maintain...
Excellent. Thanks to everybody for responding so quickly.
Thanks, guys. What if I have a cash account, with the base currency set to USD?
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