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thanks for making that a bit clearer, so my plan was to exchange my USD excess funds not used in trading, to ZAR and enjoy a much higher rate of interest. 'Note that the interest on ZAR is paid in ZAR, so that interest rate just keeps you slightly worse off than the .66% you'd be getting if you...

so if only had 5000USD net liquidation, the current cost of being short 100 SPY at 225 per annum is called the short stock fee ? and not the borrowing fee, which l was looking at? is IB's short stock fee significantly lower than TastyWorks and TOS?

Commissions and margin costs are a significant factor, as is technology and ease of use. Regarding the costs, can someone tell me how much the brokers TOS, Tasty Works and IB would charge for an account with a net liquidation of 5000USD, and short 100 SPY at $225, per annum? For TOS...