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best futures market outside of the US

Discussion in 'Index Futures' started by canuck, Sep 29, 2002.

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Originally posted by def

Can't speak for other firms or about bonds for margin. Howver, IB has a unique feature that allows you to use one currency as margin for both. Ie. if funded in USD IB will use the USD to cover euro margin. Profits/losses would remain in euros for you to convert back as you please. When an account becomes flat, your cash would revert back to the base currency. Thus you could theoretically trade ESX or DAX in the AM and swap over to E-minis in the PM using the same capital.
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Great feature, now if IB could only get access to options on bond and note futures.

#31 Oct 3, 2002

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