You can put your idle cash to work by selling EFPs (Exchange Future for Physical). You would be 'opening' on both legs of the transaction by...
You may want to investigate carrying the short delta via a Single Stock Future. The HTB rate will be reflected in the SSF price but once you...
Dividend Trade Volume Dividend trade strategies are transacted by certain market makers who try to capture corporate dividend payments when...
MNKD is in a special situation and the stock is very hard to borrow. This pressure is priced into the EFP markets which you can view at:...
OneChicago has recently begun to offer a new product, OCX.NoDiv, which is the Single Stock Future (SSF) with the dividend component removed thus...
There is an institutional market place for the EFP transactions that is available for IB TWS users. If you are properly permissioned at IB try...
The question of OneChicago's volumes is a fair one. Single Stock Futures at OneChicago compete directly with the Stock Loan/Borrow (SLB)...
Kingofshorts is correct. Brokerages cannot lend out fully paid for securities. They generally don't. However Pension Funds do and they get...
Customers of all sizes can in fact participate synthetically in the lucrative Stock Loan/borrow process without ceding the payments to their...
Jeb. When selling stock short the brokerage needs to borrow those shares. The Lender demands collateral for the loan. For US stocks it is...
The Fed Easing has been a doubled edged sword. Higher rates mean higher costs to borrow which makes SSF much more attactive. With rates on the...
I am sorry. Perhaps it would be helpful to post the relative links: For the new Quote page: http://www.onechicago.com/?page_id=1289 For...
OneChicago has made some enhancements that I would like to bring to your attention. We have released an enhanced version of our SSF comparison...
That is correct. SSF are taxed at short term and are not even given 60/40 treatment like other futures. (As an aside can you all write your...
One alternative you may consider is to purchase a QQQ ETF Single Stock Future. This position will move in tandem with the underlying and at...
As a reminder OneChicago lists for trading Single Stock Futures on the SPY ETF as well as a number of other ETFs. The SPY ETF can be traded...
Security Futures traded on OneChicago are considered both a security and a future. OneChicago is regulated by both the CFTC and the SEC. Both...
To all. The new SEC restrictions are somewhat fluid and have created a great deal of confusion. We have been in contact with the SEC and...
At expiration the two positions will be equal. If you can purchase the SSF at a price less than where you can short the stock (be sure to factor...
At expiration of the SSF the position turns into an underlying stock postion. Accordingly at that time the SSF and the underlying price are the...
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