https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/tags/ibkr/Recent content in IBKR on Sakthi Priyan HHugoenWed, 26 Aug 2026 07:55:18 +0530https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/tools/xfina/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/tools/xfina/Open-source parsers that turn Indian bank, credit card, mutual fund and IBKR statements into structured data. Runs as a web app, a CLI, or a library in Rust, Python or JavaScript — and the files never leave your device.https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/blogs/bank-of-baroda-fx-retail-for-ibkr-from-a-0.10-per-usd-markup-to-an-additional-foreign-bank-charge/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/blogs/bank-of-baroda-fx-retail-for-ibkr-from-a-0.10-per-usd-markup-to-an-additional-foreign-bank-charge/The full record of onboarding Bank of Baroda as a second FX Retail relationship bank — a cold email to treasury, branch paperwork, a USD 100 test remittance, the real 2-day transfer and SWIFT message quirks that followed, and a structural Foreign Bank Charge that narrows its cost advantage.https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/blogs/fx-retail-via-bharat-connect-private-bank-speed-at-public-bank-rates-a-live-transaction-walkthrough/Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/blogs/fx-retail-via-bharat-connect-private-bank-speed-at-public-bank-rates-a-live-transaction-walkthrough/A step-by-step walkthrough of executing a live INR-to-USD forex transaction using FX Retail via Bharat Connect (BHIM), completing the remittance on ICICI Bank Money2World, and investing in an Irish ETF on IBKRhttps://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/blogs/inr-to-usd-fx-retail-web-vs-fx-retail-bharat-connect-vs-direct-bank-rates/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/blogs/inr-to-usd-fx-retail-web-vs-fx-retail-bharat-connect-vs-direct-bank-rates/A comparison of foreign exchange rates for converting INR to USD across different channels like direct banking, FX Retail Web, and the newly discovered FX Retail via Bharat Connect.https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/blogs/state-of-the-portfolio-returns-allocation-and-strategy-edition-1/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/blogs/state-of-the-portfolio-returns-allocation-and-strategy-edition-1/Annual portfolio review for FY 2025–26: Three goal-based portfolios, allocation strategy, drift correction and forex cost optimization.https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/videos/stop-paying-1.5/usd-cut-forex-markup-when-funding-ibkr-india-guide/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/videos/stop-paying-1.5/usd-cut-forex-markup-when-funding-ibkr-india-guide/How to avoid high forex markups (₹1.5/USD) when funding your Interactive Brokers (IBKR) account from India. Step-by-step guide to save on currency conversion costs.https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/tools/realvalue-fx-engine/Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/tools/realvalue-fx-engine/Calculate your true effective FX rate including hidden spreads and taxes, compare quotes across banks to minimize costs, track your ₹10L LRS limit via a browser-only transaction log, and compute your TCS refund opportunity cost.https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/blogs/how-to-invest-in-nasdaq-100-from-india-mutual-funds-etfs-and-ibkr-guide/Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/blogs/how-to-invest-in-nasdaq-100-from-india-mutual-funds-etfs-and-ibkr-guide/Options to invest in the NASDAQ 100 index from India — covering mutual funds, Indian ETFs, and the LRS route via Interactive Brokers — along with a comparison of Indian apps vs IBKR with UCITS ETFs, buying cost, and taxation.https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/slides/cut-bank-forex-markup-on-inr-to-usd-using-fx-retail-ibkr-funding-forex-card-lrs/Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/slides/cut-bank-forex-markup-on-inr-to-usd-using-fx-retail-ibkr-funding-forex-card-lrs/Indian investors lose 2-3% to hidden bank forex markup on every INR to USD transfer. Learn how to use FX Retail to negotiate lower rates for IBKR funding, forex card loading, and LRS remittances.https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/blogs/funding-interactive-brokers-from-india-using-fx-retail/Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sakthipriyan.com/building-wealth/blogs/funding-interactive-brokers-from-india-using-fx-retail/How Indian investors can reduce the hidden forex markup cost when funding Interactive Brokers accounts by using FX Retail instead of the bank’s default remittance rate.