What broker should a retail piker run a VIX futures book at these days? I’ve played at IBKR for years, but right now margin requirements are all the way up my ass. @IBKR @darjohn25 @prpl8 @Mephisto731 @SqueezeMetrics @OffTheRunTrades @sajidnizami @TheSpeculator0 @therobotjames

If I absolutely max out margin on a reasonable neutral-to-long-bias steepener I can get about ~1% daily vol. What is this, gambling for ants? My grandma goes harder than that. That’s less excitement than a fucking index fund.

Peterffy, you might not care about my tiny account but there are gonna be grownups with size who feel the same way. People don’t play /VX unless they have a pathological need for action. So if you like commissions - help us out here.