# Fx Trading and Taxes **URL:** \ **Category:** Taxes\ **Created:** [January 18, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/fx-trading-and-taxes/1729 "2019-01-18T10:28:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Julianek](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/user_avatar/forum.mustachianpost.com/julianek/32/251_2.png) [@Julianek](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Julianek)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/fx-trading-and-taxes/1729/2 "2019-01-18T10:28:22Z")
> [@Experience Interactive Brokers - 2nd chance](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/experience-interactive-brokers-2nd-chance/355/68): > > some non-mustachian FX trading on IB. I guess by FX trading you mean “many positions on currency pairs that I do not intend to keep open more than 6 months” =\> This would break one the criteria that tax office uses to decide if you are a “professional” or not. if they deem you professional, then **all of your capital gains (including your mustachian investments in ETFs) will be considered as taxable income, and thus taxed at your marginal tax rate…** I don’t think it is worth the IB fee allowance… 😉 --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/fx-trading-and-taxes/1729)._