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    How to get some yield if you have EUR account at IB

    No exposure, no pay. You either take the exposure with the pay or take the negative interest holding the EUR.
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    BYND, Short call assigned on hard to borrow on Interactive Broker

    Isn't it possible to buy share using this feature and avoid the 1 day loan fee? https://www.interactivebrokers.com.hk/en/index.php?f=13437
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    Powell Trashed MMT, But Wall Street Sees Room for U.S. to Try It

    ??? QE reward those who have the ability to borrow with cheap money and punish those who save by inflating away their savings. It is directly responsible for a widening wealth gap as those who "have" have vastly superior borrowing capability. This is ET and you know full well what is the implied...
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    FX swap rate Tomorrow/Next

    Hello, I am looking at this https://ibkr.info/article/2815 article regarding FX swap from interactive brokers. I wonder if there are any sort of quote (or old data) available on the internet regarding the swap prices?
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    Natural Gas options - is this a covered call?

    The trade will be a $1 loser. That's it. The latter part is irrelevant to the trade.
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    How do I get a job at proprietary trading firm?

    I don't think it is fair to compare working a junior trader with trading on your own at face value For a junior trader @350k pay: Most likely require graduating at a top uni (which is $ and time spent) Most of the people won't even qualify Have to work long hours Have to trade on the firm's...
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    Charles Denner... Forecasts "Dow 5,000"

    I have always been skeptical about having rate hikes to lower them before recession comes. Like, stabbing yourself now so you can apply bandage later? What's the logic behind it.
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    How to make a leveraged forex trade on IB TWS?

    it is more efficient with futures as IB rape you with the interest rate (overnight forward points) if you hold the position overnight. (unless you get access to their FX auto swap program which required min 10MM positions)
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    The Triple Jeopardy of a Chinese Math Prodigy

    I don't know why he think he can get away with this. He think his boss is the kind of gentleman who would just play nice/play by the rules? His boss can easily ruin his life.
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    how to NOT take responsibilty

    Why would any broker provide you margin capability if you don't want to be responsible for your loss? You can always cap your loss with the appropriate future option but you are going to pay for it.
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    Rolling an option... What are the cons?

    There is nothing inherently positive in rolling an option position. If your market view is the same as before, you roll it, otherwise you close the position. Then your market view can be correct or wrong. If you are correct you will be rewarded, otherwise you will be punished.
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    Levering up hedged portfolio to reduce insurance drag

    What if the market drop just above the strike of your put option? You can try to draw a payout diagram to see where is the weakness of this strategy.
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    IB overnight initial for 1 YM contract $9153.54

    Why is this "pass the risk on to the client"? IB could charge minimum margin and get some more commission from risky trader. I for one am happy that they don't push risk to the limit. The clients aren't risking anything, they just need to put in more capital to trade the contract they want.
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    Poker players make the best traders?

    Depends on pre-flop action but most likely this is snap call in headup holdem
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    Poker players make the best traders?

    I was a pro at the hyper turbo sng mid-high stake. I played like 100,000 games, the effort was not worth it for the $. For those who think poker is easy. In Pokerstars you can easily have 5 sharks hunting on one fish. It was not in the golden days 10 years ago in which you can follow basic...
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    Selling SPX box for financing

    IB let me use the cash so I assume it is ok.
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    Selling SPX box for financing

    Thanks FSU and Jgills for the info. I am a beginner and still small so I am only selling 1-3 such boxes. Maybe one day I could be client of these banks.
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    Selling SPX box for financing

    Hello I am with IB and I started selling SPX 1000-2000 boxes to borrow money for my other position since the implied interest rate are cheaper than the IB tier 2 interest rate. I have risk based margin and IB only require a few hundred dollars for margin. Am I missing something or is it...
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    Hong Kong Currency Exchange - Why so cheap?

    You are not missing anything. The first one is good. If you know where to go you can find a number of shops that provide these rates. Also although they show these quote they may not have large sum for you to exchange. Some give shit rate fleecing people who don't know any better. Trevelex give...
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    Meet the ‘miners’: The shadowy group making a killing from the Bitcoin bonanza

    $18k with shallow market depth = penny stock
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