Yo interesandome por otro broker americano, Tradestation, he estado leyendo su documentacion para abrir cuenta, ademas en su pagina web tienen el siguiente texto:
SIPC provides protection of up to $500,000 for each securities account brokerage customer, subject to a limitation of $250,000 for cash balances, in the event of the financial failure of a broker-dealer. For securities brokerage accounts the custody and clearing of and for which are handled by TradeStation Securities, an excess SIPC insurance policy placed through Lloyd’s of London provides coverage for loss of securities and/or cash in excess of primary SIPC protection, up to $300 million in the aggregate (and up to $24.5 million per any one account, subject to a $900,000 per account maximum for cash). Based upon the asset size per account and in the aggregate of TradeStation Securities’ securities account customer base as of the date of this report, this excess-SIPC protection, combined with primary SIPC protection, should, while no assurances can be given, be adequate to cover the loss of 100% of those customer assets in the unlikely event that TradeStation Securities experienced financial failure and all customer assets were somehow lost. Neither SIPC nor excess-SIPC coverage applies to fluctuations in the market value of securities or any losses other than those directly caused by the financial failure of a securities broker-dealer. SIPC does not apply in any manner to FCMs, RFEDs or FDMs or to futures or forex accounts.
Yo aqui lo que entiendo es que las cuentas para operar con futuros (que es lo que a mi me interesa) así como las cuentas de Forex no estan cubiertas.
Mirare IB, porque de momento este broker, no me termina de convencer lo que leo en su documentación.
Al final va a resultar que a pesar de ser esté país una cleptocracía bananera, Interdin va a ser un broker de primer nivel con mejores garantias que varios americanos.
Si alguien opera o sabe algo de tradestation y quiere comentarme su opinion, sera bienvenida.