Available for Trading
The Available for Trading values show you the state of your account at a glance. For example, Current Available Funds will display the current available cash in the account to put on a trade. The Current Excess Liquidity displays whether you have sufficient cushion to maintain your current positions, while the Buying Power displays how much you have at your disposal including your equity, and IB's margin. To view this information, please take the steps outlined below.
Instructions
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Click the Portfolio menu
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Click the Balances tab.
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Expand the Available for Trading section.
Account Parameter Securities Commodities Crypto at Paxos Current Available Funds Equity with Loan Value - Initial margin. This value tells what you have available for trading. Net Liquidation Value - Initial Margin Current Excess Liquidity This value shows your margin cushion, before liquidation. Equity with Loan Value - Maintenance margin. Net Liquidation value - Maintenance margin. Post-Expiry Excess (predicted) Provides a projected "at expiration" excess liquidity value based on the soon-to-expire contracts in your portfolio. Value displays at expiration and are highlighted in red. All other times the value is "0". The projected value in this field includes the anticipated account value including the expiring contract.
Note that in a Portfolio Margin (PM) account, the margin requirement is calculated on a portfolio basis and, likewise, the Expiration Exposure is calculated on a portfolio basis. So while Expiration Exposure is displayed here on a per product basis, the account's overall expiration exposure will not necessarily be additive.
Provides a projected "at expiration" excess liquidity value based on the soon-to-expire contracts in your portfolio. Value displays at expiration and are highlighted in red. All other times the value is "0". The projected value in this field includes the anticipated account value including the expiring contract. Special Memorandum Account Line of credit created when the market value of securities in a Reg. T account increase in value. N/A Look Ahead Available Funds This value reflects your available funds at the next margin change. The next change is displayed in the Look Ahead Next Change field. Equity with loan value - look ahead initial margin. Net Liquidation value - Look ahead Initial margin. Look Ahead Excess Liquidity Overnight Available Funds Same as during regular trading hours. Net Liquidation value - Overnight Maintenance margin Overnight Excess Liquidity Same as during regular trading hours. Net Liquidation value - Overnight Maintenance margin. Buying Power Cash Account: Minimum (Equity with Loan Value, Previous Day Equity with Loan Value)-Initial Margin
Standard Margin Account: Minimum (Equity with Loan Value, Previous Day Equity with Loan Value) - Initial Margin *4
Not applicable for futures. Leverage Gross Position Value/Net Liquidation. Same as for securities Look Ahead Next Change Shows you when the next margin period will begin. Same as for securities Day Trades Left Number of day trades still available for 4-day pattern day trader period. Not applicable for futures.