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That is exactly the point.......All FX brokers ,including IB,do not actually buy you the currency they just carry it on their books or they shift it on other broker book. There is no such thing as SPOT FX market so $/euro rate could be different from one dealer to another since there is NO...

Why not?! Isn't money fungible?

Is it possible to short Euro against dollar at broker (A) and then buy Euro against dollar at Broker (B) and use then use the long position at broker (B) to close your short position at broker (A)?!

sell to open and then sell to close?! you must have been trading with your mama!

Thank you Nazdac So it is possible?! ......My understanding is that Omnibus accounts are there to allow you to hold short and long positions simultaneously at the SAME BROKER

Why not?! aren't stocks fungible?!

Example: you short 100 Citibank shares at (Interactive Brokers) and you write a naked put for 100 shares of Citibank at (MF Global). You get assigned for you put position. Can you use your naked put position at (interactive brokers) to cover your short position at (MF Global)?!

scientists say that the EGG came first. About 2 million years ago a bird laid an egg with muted genes and the chicken was born..........

At 9:30 in the morning when trading starts at NYSE, people at Bloomberg news keep saying that the futures market CLOSED at some figure for the S&P and DOW. Well Technically speaking, E-mini S&P and E-mini DOW trading at CME continue while trading is going on at NYSE. why do they say that? Any...

If you,as a NAKED put writer, have sufficient cash in your account to buy the underlying stock at the strike price, the position is considered a cash-covered put. Nothing to worry about.

0k.....here is an example you get assigned to deliver the stock and you do own the stock how does the borrowing mechanism work in order for you to deliver the stock?!

Thank You......But still the question remains......the quote says "Obviously, a firm's proprietary desk trading ahead of pending customer orders is probably the first conflict of interest." example: If I place an order to buy or sell 100 shares of Citibank and my broker places the same order...

Ok.... Can you borrow the stock instead of buying it?!

the discount rate is the rate at which banks borrow from the us government. so what is the Fed. fund Rate?

still which comes first: (1)- you get paid the strike price and then you deliver (2)- you deliver the stock and then you get paid the strike

If you must deliver the stock if you are assigned but you are short that stock, you get paid the strike price and then deliver the stock or vise verse?

If you write a naked call for a stock and the counter party wants to EXERCISE his option can you close your position buy selling the opton in the market OR you must deliver the stock?

Thank you for this super audio....Do you have the full one hour audio 2pm-3:30pm? Again, Thanks

Thank you for the explanation. If you place a limit order to sell at 4$. Can your broker fill your order at 3.99$?

It has been said that when a financial services firm trades both as agent in facilitating customer orders and as principal for the firm, conflicts of interest may arise in several ways. Obviously, a firm's proprietary desk trading ahead of pending customer orders is probably the first conflict...