I am sorry but I don't know who "they"are. The performance bond requirement (margin in the futures world) remains at 20% for Single Stock Futures...
1. I wanted to use SSFs sometime ago for QQQQ and IWM. Do you have them for 100 shares rather than 1000 shares? I like to scale in or out, and one...
I don't know about TradersStudio. Do you know what clearing firm they use. That would narrow the possibility. CBOEDirect is the electronic...
There are three costs to selling short. The commission to execute the trade. The 'rebate rate' on the credit balance from the sale...
'One': SSFs are not for day traders. You are correct as the value goes down dramatically. For customers holding positions and paying interest...
Well the fact is Congress was sold a bill of goods when they bought into the idea that SSFs compete with the options market. They don't....
No I did not get it wrong. When you purchase an asset you are either borrowing from yourself or you are borrowing from an external source. In...
'One' if that is you hitting the calculator using 'A' then you are earning a nice return on your deposit. If you lower that then the numbers...
Again please look at the calculator. While the spreads are wider then the stock they often represent a lower interest rate then the bid/offer of...
First to 'One'. The following spreads were from EOD on the 15th of this month. I got them from the OneChicago calculator on our website...
IB clears SSFs in a securities account. This offers substantial benefits to hedgers and customers with Portfolio Margining accounts. Customers...
IB does support trading in SSFs. Their website describes their pricing structure.
No you are not missing anything. There are days with very little volume trading. The reason is two-fold. First very few people understand that...
SSF contracts are futures. I don't believe they are covered under the Pattern Day Trading rules but you should confirm with your broker. It...
Symbol Open Int GE1C 125056 PFE1C 75048 C1C 57867 T1C 35945 WFC1C 35164 JNJ1C 20841 VZ1C 19407 DUK1C 14505 KFT1C 12022 SLE1C 5001 SE1C...
Single Stock Futures are simply the forward value of a stock which is computed by adding an annualized interest rate component to the price of the...
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