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The power of the internet and social media! Ironically I myself pretty much gave up on this based on IB customer service's denial, until somebody in another forum encouraged me to try myself. I hope they are not going to scrap this. But then again, it seems to retain customers for them...

M.W.: I don't mean to be rude; but mrblueguy, BobG, and others are very helpful and understand the subject matter and the issue at hand, while you demonstrate with each of your posts that you don't. You are even disputing what mrblueguy and myself tested and saw with our own eyes!! This is an...

It looks like IB is the best in this area for retail customers. But why would they hide this information when the could just as well scrap that feature altogether? "Use the bond explorer tool to find all the tbills and put in an order around the mid price." - Are you sure that this works? I...

M.W.: They don't sweep cash that is futures maintenance margin. You are way behind the curve. mrblueguy's observations are accurate and very helpful.

I know for sure it works with T-bills because I tried myself. I'm not sure if it works with other treasuries, like notes, bonds, or TIPS.

You don't have to do anything, it's automatic. The T-bills don't get "physically" moved to the futures segment; but the interest rate calcs account for the margin value of the T-bills as futures collateral in lieu of cash, such that the cash in the futures account earns interest which it...

You don't get it. It's not about margin, but about cash management and avoiding cash drag from futures collateral.

I've done it and verified in one of my accounts. T-bills work as collateral in lieu of cash, and you can avoid cash drag on futures collateral this way. I heard it does not work in IRA accounts, though. I hope nobody will start arguing again who doesn't understand the issue. Most traders have...

No because I use futures options spreads as as futures collateral. But it's black on white in an email from the IB trade desk, which elaborates on the details. It's also been discussed in the bogleheads forum. It's not documented on their web site, and most customer service agents are clueless...

I know everything you are saying. Most equities and bonds have margin value, and in most cases the totals per account are used for margin violation and pre-order margin checks. (It's a bit more complicated, but I'm simplifying for the purpose of this discussion.) That is irrelevant to my...

Please stop repeating your irrelevant stuff. You don't read carefully, and/or you never took the time to study how IB calculates interest in the account segments. So stop replying if this is something you don't understand. I'm 100% sure IB accepts only cash or T-bills as collateral in the...

For USD, only T-bills and absolutely no other bond can serve as futures collateral. Again: My question has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with the marginability of bonds, as the marginability of bonds is completely unrelated to the requirements of IB as to which securities can effectively...

My question has nothing, but absolutely nothing to do with with the margin impact of a bond. You are not familiar with futures collateral, and I'm not sure how you can interpret my question that way, which is clearly about futures, had you actually read my comment. I was not asking for...

I guess I'm giving up, this is as useless as calling customer service. My question was: "I am looking for EUR denominated government bonds or any other instruments that can serve as futures collateral in lieu of cash (similar to U.S. T-bills), to avoid having a too high cash drag in the futures...

@def no pressure, but were you able to find out anything regarding my question? I am looking for EUR denominated government bonds or any other instruments that can serve as futures collateral in lieu of cash (similar to U.S. T-bills), to avoid having a too high cash drag in the futures segment...

I'm not a currency trading expert, but I think with FX and FX futures you can basically more or less fully hedge your FX exposure along with any short-term benchmark interest rate differential. In other words, with an FX trade together with an FX futures trade, you can basically use another...

Hi def, thanks, but my question was about bonds that can be used in lieu of cash for futures margin, not just marginable bonds. Two different concepts. If you can please elaborate if this 2030 bond can be used in lieu of futures margin, similar to treasuries. Thanks!

@def : If you you can please follow up on EUR and JPY based securities that can be used as futures collateral in lieu of cash. (Sorry for hijacking the thread, but I think def might already be working on this.)

@ def from IBKR: Any chance you can chime in on my question: whether German or Japanese government bonds can be used as futures collateral for EUREX and Japanese traded futures, respectively? IBKR support has not been able to conclusively answer this question or find government bonds that can...

I don't understand the difference between "can be used as collateral" and "marginable". Your question implies that you think the two concepts are different. I assume you refer to securities when you say "collateral". I once had a similar question regarding whether T-bills can be used as futures...