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when is overstock going to report a yearly profit?

on IB's margin listing, it lists margin for a "protective or covered SSF" as: Initial: Short or long stock margin requirement Maintenance: 5% of Stock Value I did notice though that it lists 5% margin for SSF futures spreads. I'm leaning towards this 5% number for the EFP

i think the transaction costs are .05 per share, or .50 per contract. on non-dividend stocks , is there any reason for the variation on interest rates? (i'm using the example of non-dividend payers in order to take the dividend question out) also what is the margin requirement for EFP's?

you have to remember that they make the majority of their money from being a market maker, especially with options. market makers in options enjoy big spreads. i would think the biggest drawback to invest in IB would be the possibility of tightening spreads on options. it's only a matter...

Is there any tax advantage to be gained by using the implied volatility from buying a stock and selling the SSF where the stock involved has a large dividend? Instead of the regular tax rate, could you use the dividend tax rate instead? Example Stock XYZ has a synthetic interest of 5%...