Reverse that: With Interactive Brokers, they will pay you interest on short balances because it shows as a positive cash balance. It has to be over 100k. Yes, you are buying the AUD-sell US. You short the stock as long as there is not a shortage in the market where you will get...
Yeh, I did he spread and lost money. The futures are almost perfectly spread for a reason. INTEREST If you sell then you are usually paying interest. One spread to consider with fX is to sell the EFT for the currency and buy the spot. Ex: sell fxa (etf for Aud) and buy the Aud...