Traders' Roundtable

Thank you sluggo. After my post and a lot of internet searching later - seems this information is not readily available- I see that Interactive Brokers offers another way of covering margin for contracts that are traded in a currency other than the customer's main account currency. They loan money f...

How do US brokers handle margins for futures contracts in non-USD markets? 1. Tranfer cash from USD account to contract's "native" currency account. or 2. Convert margin quoted in contract's "native" currency into USD, in order to see if the USD account balance covers the resulti...

I have voted for TR (answering to the question above that stresses MOST). However, I'll have to second JT's and Bondtrader's remarks. and although, not syntax related, this is my most important list: a. Most important likes: 1. the pages 2. the grid b. Most important dislikes: 1. Bondtrader's no.9 (...