About Leverage in the American Stock Markets

[yoshi]

Hi everyone,

I've been trading stocks in the latin american markets in the past few years. Next year I am gonna start trading stocks in the american markets too and I would like to know how people leverage in the US(other than with options).
Are there stock forwards contracts in the US ? What are the forward contract interest rates? How liquid is the the SSFs market nowadays?

Any information about the subject is greatly appreciated.


Thanks in advance

[brownsfan019]

yoshi - a phenomenal vehicle for leverage in the US markets are futures. Plenty of info here on TL and the CME and CBOT. If leverage is what you want, it will be hard to beat futures where you can open an account for $5000 or less at some brokers.

Of course, knowing what that leverage means is also important.