TradeStation Return on Cash (Money Funds and Treasuries)

November 16, 2007 in Brokers, Option Trading, Stocks, Trading

In the process of researching return on cash, I discovered that TradeStation a) only pays 1.25% APY on idle cash and b) allows you to buy Money Market Funds, but they aren’t marginable, and c) thus if you are an option seller you can’t take advantage of buying treasuries like you can at Schwab, E*Trade, and Fido.  I guess my “love” for TradeStation is fading …

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