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VIX put calendar x 10 contracts

This is a big difference between IB and other brokers - IB has $150 margin per spread, but some other brokers treat this as a naked option and hence the large margin requirement. To reduce your margin to $400 per spread, you can buy the May 12 strike put against it for 0.05. It should not have a huge impact on the performance of the calendar since its so cheap to buy.
- April 27, 2015
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