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Boldux's avatar

This was super helpful and straightforward, thanks. Just to confirm are you doing this in a brokerage account or retirement account? And do you account for taxes in your math? So the example 15% spread is cut by margin fees and taxes (but still profitable)

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TheGamingDividend's avatar

Hey there! Good question. I do this in a regular brokerage account (non retirement).

I personally do consider taxes as part of the calculation but for the sake of simplicity in this article, I didn't even include that.

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Boldux's avatar

Forgot to follow-up on this, but thanks for clarifying. That's how I'm running my calculations too.

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Jamie's avatar

Clear, clean cut breakdown, thank you for the explanation. Margin seems scary to someone new, who doesn’t know much about it.

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Steve Kang's avatar

Awesome strategy! I did look into margin requirements at Fidelity. I don’t qualify yet.

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