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I was just reading their docs [1], and I got two things wrong above: - Schwab's overnight interest rate is actually ~1.8 bips. Alpaca's is even lower at 3.75% a
by pedrosorio 6y ago
I was just reading their docs [1], and I got two things wrong above:
- Schwab's overnight interest rate is actually ~1.8 bips. Alpaca's is even lower at 3.75% annual which translates into ~1 bip / day
- If you liquidate stock the same day, you pay no interest
[1] https://alpaca.markets/docs/trading-on-alpaca/margin-and-shorting/ https://alpaca.markets/docs/trading-on-alpaca/margin-and-sho...