No, implied financing cost spreads of futures a.k.a. replication cost are not de minimis, but substantial and recurring, as are annualized swap...
None of that will solve the original poster's problem. With SOFR futures or swaps you pay the swap spread, which currently is roughly equal to the...
You already answered almost all of your own questions. The futures basis is not relevant for replication cost. I would point you to the related...
I just did an "IDEALPRO" currency conversion in my IRA (by definition no margin leverage allowed), and promptly receive a "virtual FX position" in...
What precisely would be the definition of "leveraged" FX trade? I typically have slightly positive or negative balances in various currencies in...
I think it would be presumptuous to think that you (or user "curiosity") are the only ones who "discovered" this volatility term structure, while...
Do you have any specifics, or experience, on the limitations of zero commission plans? It's certainly not a few times per week; I do a few hundred...
To my knowledge, for options you don't even have access to the complex order book from TWS or any other front-tend of IB, so probably also not...
What ironchef was told makes no sense to me, and I think your experiment or observation is correct; although to be honest I don't know how the...
This makes absolutely no sense.
What exactly were you trying to accomplish / to check? Unlike futures margin, on the equities / equity options side of the account, the margin...
I think this would really only have a meaningful impact if the majority of exchange follow suit and 23 hours trading really takes off and becomes...
A position in a foreign currency denominated equity index future contract conveys no exposure to currency fluctuations, all other things being...
You are free to re-define terminology and to re-phrase and re-slice basic math in whatever way you like; it makes my head spin. None of that...
Fair enough. Somebody above mentioned STIR futures. I don't know much about commodity futures, but I think the same logic as for equity index...
My take on this is this: 1. A futures contract is equivalent to a long position in the index and an implied negative cash position in the currency...
I did not want to comment, as I'm just browsing the forum for interesting content; but I couldn't resist. Trust me, you need to stop trading...
No. I reported the issue with their latest revision of TWS stable version; they confirmed the problem.
What a shame, this invasion. I don't think any race is "superior"; but soon Europeans will have no home countries with their original, unique...
Starting today, I get the order confirmation / check margin impact window popup when clicking Buy or Sell in the integrated stock trading window....
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