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Hi . I don't live in Europe and I am not eu citizen. I trade eurostoxx options (Estx50) thru IBKR. Do I have to pay taxes in Europe and if yes to which country. Thanks

Hi everyone, Does anyone know how much dividend SDS is going to pay on September 26th? Last two quarters they paid 6 and 12 cents. Maybe 18-20 cents this quarter? Maybe there is some method to calculate the amount. I called Proshares but they said that they would tell the amount only a day...

Hi everyone, I would like to buy some PR bonds hoping I can capture some upside. I understand that, in practice, bonds which are heavily invested by large institutional investors will have the highest recovery rate. Assuming that large institutions will invest among other in large issues of...

I contacted them and they told me that volatility increase impacts margin even if it is hedged trade.

PMA

I mostly trade options calendar spreads and etf pair trading ( eg long SPY short UPRO).

Hi guys, Last 4 days I experienced almost 50% margin increase at IB and I couldn't talk to IB about the reason, they just don't answer my help chat. Is there anyone in the same situation as me who is experiencing margin increase without a reason?

Hi Doublet83, How are you doing so far?

Try portfolio margining offered by IB, that greatly enhances leverage.

Hi. I would like to order an algotrader which would connect to broker's API , retrieve data, analyze it and decide a trading algorithm according to given parameters. Which program works best for building algo trader? P's. I have no idea about programming, I am just trader and would like to...

I also got this message. It seems margin increase is intended only for some subgroup of traders with portfolio margin.

Can anyone elaborate how interest charge will be calculated in the following situation: Option calendar spread: long '19 option and short '18 option with large size. Net price is $5 ($15-$10) per contract. Let's say size is 1k contract. So in this situation how interest charge will be calculated...

Hi. I have been trading with IB for some time and now thinking about moving to a prime broker, maybe GS or MS, or maybe some other. If you have any knowledge about their minimum requirements and commissions relative to IB that would be very useful. thank you all.