I would really appreciate if you can check on German government bonds for futures collateral, def. Thanks in advance!
I'm not sure what exactly your first question is - the last few pages in this thread were about T-bills. If you read the thread, you will notice...
The reason why you don't get a fill when you put in a buy order at the ASK that IB indicates, might be that your order quantity is less than the...
Good to know, thank you. I have not bought many T-bills yet; I'm just getting started. I typically got an immediate fill at IB when I put in a...
The formula is correct, except when you have positive excess cash (beyond maintenance margin requirements) in commodities. This will not earn...
That's correct. To be precise, you have to look on the day T+3 on your statement of T+2 which will reflect the interest based on the settled...
The power of the internet and social media! Ironically I myself pretty much gave up on this based on IB customer service's denial, until somebody...
M.W.: I don't mean to be rude; but mrblueguy, BobG, and others are very helpful and understand the subject matter and the issue at hand, while you...
It looks like IB is the best in this area for retail customers. But why would they hide this information when the could just as well scrap that...
M.W.: They don't sweep cash that is futures maintenance margin. You are way behind the curve. mrblueguy's observations are accurate and very helpful.
I know for sure it works with T-bills because I tried myself. I'm not sure if it works with other treasuries, like notes, bonds, or TIPS.
You don't have to do anything, it's automatic. The T-bills don't get "physically" moved to the futures segment; but the interest rate calcs...
You don't get it. It's not about margin, but about cash management and avoiding cash drag from futures collateral.
I've done it and verified in one of my accounts. T-bills work as collateral in lieu of cash, and you can avoid cash drag on futures collateral...
No because I use futures options spreads as as futures collateral. But it's black on white in an email from the IB trade desk, which elaborates on...
I know everything you are saying. Most equities and bonds have margin value, and in most cases the totals per account are used for margin...
Please stop repeating your irrelevant stuff. You don't read carefully, and/or you never took the time to study how IB calculates interest in the...
For USD, only T-bills and absolutely no other bond can serve as futures collateral. Again: My question has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with...
My question has nothing, but absolutely nothing to do with with the margin impact of a bond. You are not familiar with futures collateral, and I'm...
I guess I'm giving up, this is as useless as calling customer service. My question was: "I am looking for EUR denominated government bonds or any...
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