mostlymeme

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   by mostlymeme 6y ago

   That's no the contract in which IBKR has lost money. These are: QM NYMEX, and WTI ICE. Both cash-settled.
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   by mostlymeme 6y ago

   IB asked for very low margin, $30 per contrat for long positions, normal is around $8000. Margin for futures is based on risk. They could perfectly thought that minimum price was 0.01, and that was what IB was telling to them.
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   by mostlymeme 6y ago

   They are cash-settled.
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   by mostlymeme 6y ago

   Yes
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   by mostlymeme 6y ago

   An efficient market that don't let traders operate? Did you even read the article? Futures contracts that CAN BECOME NEGATIVE don't let large leverage when price is near zero, that's NOT TRUE. Future contracts margin is calcu