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I never traded SPX; to be honest i never had a broker before asking so much in margin for the E-mini; i don't know much about how SPAN works but it seems strange that another broker like Swissquote can have margins 4 times lower on the same option

I do usually buy puts above for hedging (10 sold 4 bought), with premium bought around 60%-80% of the premium sold but even like that it still margins a lot; i will look into buying an higher number of puts maintaining the above ratio as it looks the margin requirements remains high even on very...

I'm trading some ES future options with IB but it seems to me that the margin requirements are way too high compared to other brokers, i'm talking like 4 times more. Let's look for example at the put ES FOP (w4) 2775: selling one changes the Initial margin for 10,477$ and the maintenance margin...

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As it appears what I’m told doesn’t work I’m actually thinking of using futures after all. It seems the best way. I found that I can trade the globex emini Fx (code E7) that have a contract unit of 62,500€. So let’s say I convert 125,000€ into usd and need to hedge this. Is it correct I should...

Look. I clearly wrote that I’m willing to pay an hedging cost so I don’t expect the market to give me anything for free. If I could use a forward that would have a cost. If I hedge with futures that would have a cost. I’m just looking for an alternative from using the futures as I can’t do a...

If I was working with a “physical” trader I would change in usd and use a forward to hedge the position. Then I would roll the forward. That would have a cost that I would be willing to pay. Can’t do OTC with IB i think. So I was told that ideal pro was the tool that worked like that. Like doing...

Hello; i have an EUR account on IB and i trade future index options on the S&P500 (E-Mini);the size of the account is well above the 100,000; if i keep the cash in EUR i pay negative interest rates plus borrowing costs as i'm told to cover the margin of the options i need USD (and those costs...