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Hi guys, Can you please let me know how to estimate safe levels of margin to kept for OTM short PUTs? Currently USD is very high, so I dont want to convert SGD to USD and I want to keep only enough SGD in IBKR account for the margin requirements plus some extra to avoid margin call. The interest ...

[QUOTE=deccanchargers;684518]This is not about how to navigate a bank website... Everyone knows.. Some banks want you to come to India to liquidate a FD.. Check technyt post, took home 2 weeks after begging bank officials to get his own damn money. Remember India is still a banana republic and it's ...

It is expected that banks like SBI will treat you like sh!t. Anybody who has spent time in India dealing with these banks know this. Ever since Citibank and ICICI appeared on the Indian banking scene in the early 2000s, I cant be bothered to deal with the likes of SBI.

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[QUOTE=crazyforger;684432]Just 6 months of expenses should be fine.

And I am not talking about 100% in stocks.[/QUOTE]

So apart from the 6 month expenses, you have no allocation to bonds or fixed income?

[QUOTE=crazyforger;684426]You put your money in fixed deposit, you are already losing....its a no brainer. Whether you park it in INR or USD, it doesn't matter. Only time you do that is for emergency funds which should be in the same currency as the country you are in :)[/QUOTE] You are never going ...

[QUOTE=deccanchargers;684425]1- Dont move your $$$ to India for the purpose of getting returns 2- if you have it, get it back 3- Indian banks are horrible to deal with even if they give you 10% interest and some will give you hard time taking your money out of bank and country 4- The money you put ...

[QUOTE=FB2020;684422]/ I think I know what you're saying, but not fully clear. Can you please translate this in English and describe this with clear numbers / example? I am interested to understand this. If you won't mind![/QUOTE] Ok let's say you have 100k USD and you have 2 choices. Keep it in USD ...

[QUOTE=techynt;684405]I think you are looking at it wrong, the yield differential is because of inflation differential and currency risk due to emerging market status. If I had no connection to India, not sure I will take such risk for 5% yield differential, given that government has displayed their ...