Interactive brokers options agreement for fully paid lending
Requests to terminate are typically processed at the end of the day. If an account signs up and un-enrolls at a later time, when can it be re-enrolled into the program?
After un-enrollment, the account may not re-enroll for 90 calendar days. What types of securities positions are eligible to be lent? Eligible securities include U. Municipal bonds and non-U. Is there any restriction on lending stocks which are trading in the secondary market following an IPO?
No, as long as IB is not part of the selling group. How does IB determine the amount of shares which are eligible to be loaned? The first step is to determine the value of securities, if any, which IB maintains a margin lien upon and can lend without client participation in the Stock Yield Enhancement Program.
The debit balance is determined by first converting all non-USD denominated cash balances to USD and then backing out any short stock sale proceeds converted to USD as necessary. In addition, cash balances maintained in the commodities segment or for spot metals and CFDs are not considered.
USD rate of 1. All securities are deemed fully-paid as cash balance as converted to USD is a credit. Will IB lend out all eligible shares? There is no guarantee that all eligible shares in a given account will be loaned through the Stock Yield Enhancement Program as there may not be a market at an advantageous rate for certain securities, IB may not have access to a market with willing borrowers or IB may not want to loan your shares.
Are Stock Yield Enhancement Program loans made only in increments of ? Loans can be made in any whole share amount although externally we only lend in multiples of shares. Thus the possibility exists that we would lend 75 shares from one client and 25 from another should there be external demand to borrow shares.
How are loans allocated among clients when the supply of shares available to lend exceeds the borrow demand? In the event that the demand for borrowing a given security is less than the supply of shares available to lend from participants in our Yield Enhancement Program, loans will be allocated on a pro rata basis e. Are shares loaned only to other IB clients or to other third parties? Shares may be loaned to any counterparty and is not limited solely to other IB clients.
The program is entirely managed by IB who, after determining those securities, if any, which IB is authorized to lend by virtue of a margin loan lien, has the discretion to determine whether any of the fully-paid or excess margin securities can be loaned out and to initiate the loans.
Are there any restrictions placed upon the sale of securities which have been lent through the Stock Yield Enhancement Program? Loaned shares may be sold at any time, without restriction. In addition, the loan will be terminated on the open of the business day following the security sale date.
Can a client write covered calls against stock which has been loaned out through the Stock Yield Enhancement Program and receive the covered call margin treatment? A loan of stock has no impact upon its margin requirement on an uncovered or hedged basis since the lender retains exposure to any gains or losses associated with the loaned position.
What happens to stock which is the subject of a loan and which is subsequently delivered against a call assignment or put exercise? What happens to stock which is the subject of a loan and which is subsequently halted from trading? A halt has no direct impact upon the ability to lend the stock and as long as IB can continue to loan the stock, such loan will remain in place regardless of whether the stock is halted.
The cash collateral securing the loan never impacts margin or financing. What happens if a program participant initiates a margin loan or increases an existing loan balance? In addition, Financial Advisor client accounts, fully disclosed IBroker clients and Omnibus Brokers who meet the above requirements can participate. In the case of Financial Advisors and fully disclosed IBrokers, the clients themselves must sign the agreements.
For Omnibus Brokers, the broker signs the agreement. The cash account must meet this minimum equity requirement solely at the point of signing up for the program. If the equity falls below that level thereafter there is no impact upon existing loans or the ability to initiate new loans. Requests to terminate are typically processed at the end of the day. If an account signs up and un-enrolls at a later time, when can it be re-enrolled into the program?
After un-enrollment, the account may not re-enroll for 90 calendar days. What types of securities positions are eligible to be lent? Eligible securities include U. Municipal bonds and non-U. Is there any restriction on lending stocks which are trading in the secondary market following an IPO?
No, as long as IB is not part of the selling group. How does IB determine the amount of shares which are eligible to be loaned? The first step is to determine the value of securities, if any, which IB maintains a margin lien upon and can lend without client participation in the Stock Yield Enhancement Program. The debit balance is determined by first converting all non-USD denominated cash balances to USD and then backing out any short stock sale proceeds converted to USD as necessary.
In addition, cash balances maintained in the commodities segment or for spot metals and CFDs are not considered. USD rate of 1. All securities are deemed fully-paid as cash balance as converted to USD is a credit. Will IB lend out all eligible shares? There is no guarantee that all eligible shares in a given account will be loaned through the Stock Yield Enhancement Program as there may not be a market at an advantageous rate for certain securities, IB may not have access to a market with willing borrowers or IB may not want to loan your shares.
Are Stock Yield Enhancement Program loans made only in increments of ? Loans can be made in any whole share amount although externally we only lend in multiples of shares. Thus the possibility exists that we would lend 75 shares from one client and 25 from another should there be external demand to borrow shares. How are loans allocated among clients when the supply of shares available to lend exceeds the borrow demand?
In the event that the demand for borrowing a given security is less than the supply of shares available to lend from participants in our Yield Enhancement Program, loans will be allocated on a pro rata basis e. Are shares loaned only to other IB clients or to other third parties? Shares may be loaned to any counterparty and is not limited solely to other IB clients. The program is entirely managed by IB who, after determining those securities, if any, which IB is authorized to lend by virtue of a margin loan lien, has the discretion to determine whether any of the fully-paid or excess margin securities can be loaned out and to initiate the loans.
Are there any restrictions placed upon the sale of securities which have been lent through the Stock Yield Enhancement Program? Loaned shares may be sold at any time, without restriction. In addition, the loan will be terminated on the open of the business day following the security sale date. Can a client write covered calls against stock which has been loaned out through the Stock Yield Enhancement Program and receive the covered call margin treatment? A loan of stock has no impact upon its margin requirement on an uncovered or hedged basis since the lender retains exposure to any gains or losses associated with the loaned position.