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What is the current margin requirement for XIV at Interactive Brokers?
Earlier this year, I believe it was 50%, then 60% in early August. Is it now 100% (since Aug. 19)?
I am asking about IB’s typical margin requirement for small investors, not the more generous portfolio margin for larger investors.
Thanks!
Interactive Brokers is now using a combination of rules based and risk based margin requirements for volatility products. The last rules based numbers I got from them a couple weeks ago was: 80% for Long SVXY/XIV and 180% for Short UVXY/TVIX; but they may have changed since then.
Thanks, David.
I checked my account with only XIV shares. Apparently the margin for XIV these days is 100%. It’s really crazy considering that before with portfolio margin you only needed around 35% margin for XIV.
As of today. Pm is 110% and reg-t acct is 100%
David Juday, MaxTor, & VixTrader:
Thanks for taking the time to reply. Since I don’t have an account at IB, it is somewhat difficult to determine what IB’s margin requirements are currently.
A good reason to go TOS sometime in the future . . . ,
