I'm curious about the most efficient method to go long on volatility over a one-year time horizon. Products like VXX and UVXY feel compromised by...
Yeah, there were no margin issues. @Slow Learning Elf got it right. And actually on a day like yesterday, with its relatively big more, liquidity...
I've observed two things recently: 1. IB has really attractive margin rates for borrowing in Yen. 2. IB also has low margin requirements for...
Thanks. I'm imagining a trade involving 40 spread units. It's not out of the ordinary for ES to move significantly, say by 100 points, after the...
Thank you for your insights. I'm particularly interested in longer-dated spreads for a few reasons: Firstly, I already have a stance on the yield...
Thanks, I probably wasn't clearly communicating. My question isn't about the margin requirements specifically. It's more about how a significant...
Hi there. I'm curious to know more about how after-hours fluctuations in the price of ES can affect the available margin in an account managing...
Thanks. I appreciate you help.
Thanks. Would you happen to know what the difference is between that spread, which seems to feature 3 expirations among its two legs, and the...
Yeah I mean 24 / 25
BTW, I may have this wrong regarding efficiency, but if $250 is truly the maintenance per spread... Assume recession happens: - Calendar: Spread...
Thanks. The first example (shown below) on the page is confusing to me because there are three expirations listed. Side A Start Period 12/2023...
Thanks. Can you provide a link to verify the amount? Can't seem to find it on the CME site, and my broker has problems quoting me accurate spread...
Anyone know what the maintenance margin is for going long ESH23 / Short ESH24 (futures calendar spread)?
Anyone know how much margin/span credit the CME extends for a long JPY/ Short GBP position?
I just purchased some options on futures in IB and was surprised to find that despite using up my available cash, the firm seems to still be...
Thanks. I actually did follow the approach you're recommending but encountered the problem nonetheless. Called IB to get down to the bottom of it....
I just signed up for IB and funded my account to to make a fairly standard options on futures trade. They notified me to update my trading...
So does a Z SOFR contract in December reflect expectations of where rates will be by (future) mid-March?
Thank you. You seem really knowledgeable about this topic. Just a quick question: Does this mean that, on any given day, the price of these...
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