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Treasury bills

How can it be the S&P/Nasdaq June contract is trading at a discount to the Mar? Why do you actually get paid to go long stock? Even if interest were at zero, the Jun Mar spread should be at worst zero, but not negative. Any comment?

Buy or Sell a straddle and be delta neutral at all time.

How about buying SDS? They are the same thing. Just buy 50 lots for every 100 lots you sell the SPY short.

i am using TWS with ubuntu. You need to install java version 5 first. The security code window won't pop up for some reason with java version 6. And i use the login from the web.

are you sure is the dec contract for YG? YG's spread is pretty wide when the big contract is volatile. Why not consider trading the GLD if you want to trade smaller?

Margin deposit on futures will not disappear no matter what happens to IB since it is in the hand of the clearinghouses, which is AAA? is that correct?

Is he the same Brandon Adam that appeared on high stakes poker and aussie million cash game?

Configure > Hotkey > Buy or sell specifi product > Create shortcut > Customize > ES then just do whatever you want under the order line

I ran into the same problem with the XDE (euro currency) vertical options. I entered a limit between the spread bid ask and was never seen publicly. Normally when i trade a vertical, even with smart, it shows my white colored bid if i put in a limit between the spread b/a. Is that a change in...

Yes. Every customer is different. Is up to the customer to do what is best for them. But the key is that the brokerage house has to supply enough product so that the customer can have more choices. I would think t-bills are great for small account customers. If they only have 10-20K in their...

Say you are a futures trader. You use the t-bills for your collateral and earn interest on the full balance. Depending on how small your balance is, the return of 1.47% on the whole balance is still more than the return of 1.6% that doesnt pay on first 10K. With t-bills, you dont really have to...

And guys, please vote for this EFP features on TWS. I think this is really good for EFP users. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/general/poll/poll.php?sid=3860 Please vote for my suggestion on the feautre poll to add min nomial EFP $ amount. By adding the min amount, we can set a...

1 thing to note that you will never get tagged with a credit balance and get charged a high interest rate by IB with t-bills as you would if you sell the EFP and the stock goes up. Also, t-bills is risk free while EFP is only back by the OCC which is AAA. With that being said, i still like EFP...