Margin Summary - Portfolio Margin Accounts

Although IB's Account is a single account for trading and account monitoring purposes, IB maintains separate securities and commodities (futures) account segments for regulatory and segregation purposes. The Margin Summary section shows a summary of margin requirements in your base currency, including values both segments of your account and totals for your entire account. The section breaks out amounts for Equity with Loan Value, Net Liquidation Value and current Initial and Maintenance Margin requirements.

Commodities Regulatory Margin Reports

Commodities Regulatory Margin Reports only show values for the commodities segment of your account for Domestic (U.S) and Foreign assets, as well as the totals of Domestic and Foreign assets.

Column Security Futures Total
Net Liquidation Value The Net Liquidation Value for the Securities segment of your account as of the report date. The Net Liquidation Value for the Commodities (Futures) segment of your account as of the report date. The sum of the Net Liquidation Values for the securities and commodities segments of the account.
Cash Value The total Cash Value in the Securities segment of your account as of the report date. The total Cash Value in the Commodities (Futures) segment of your account as of the report date. The sum of the Cash Values for the securities and commodities segments of the account.
Cash in FDIC Bank Sweep Account The total amount of settled cash in your FDIC bank sweep account.
Stock and Bond Value The total value of stocks and bonds in the Securities segment of your account as of the report date. The total value of stocks and bonds in the Future segment of your account as of the report date. The sum of the Stock and Bond Values for the securities and commodities segments of the account.
Option Value The total value of options in the Securities segment of your account as of the report date. The total value of options in the Commodities (Futures) segment of your account as of the report date. The sum of the Option Values for the securities and commodities segments of the account.
Commodities The total value of commodities in the Securities segment of your account as of the report date. "The total value of commodities in the Commodities (Futures) segment of your account as of the report date. The sum of the Commodities values for the securities and commodities segments of the account.
Interest Payable/Receivable Value The total Interest Payable or Interest Receivable amount in the Securities segment of your account as of the report date. Interest Payable is indicated by a negative value. The total Interest Payable or Interest Receivable amount in the Commodities (Futures) segment of your account as of the report date. Interest Payable is indicated by a negative value. The sum of the Interest Payable/Receivable Values for the securities and commodities segments of the account.
Dividend Payable/Receivable Value The total Dividend Payable or Dividend Receivable amount in the Securities segment of your account as of the report date. Dividend Payable is indicated by a negative value. The total Dividend Payable or Dividend Receivable amount in the Commodities (Futures) segment of your account as of the report date. Dividend Payable is indicated by a negative value. The sum of the Dividend Payable/Receivable Values for the securities and commodities segments of the account.
Initial Margin Requirement The Initial Margin requirement in the Securities segment of your account as of the report date. The Initial Margin requirement in the Commodities (Futures) segment of your account as of the report date. The sum of the Initial Margin Requirements for the securities and commodities segments of the account.
Available Funds The Available Funds value in the Securities segment of your account as of the report date. Available Funds in the Securities segment of your account is calculated as:

Equity with Loan Value - Initial Margin.
The Available Funds value in the Commodities (Futures) segment of your account as of the report date. Available Funds in the Commodities (Futures) segment of your account is calculated as:

Net Liquidation - Initial Margin.
The sum of the Available Funds for the securities and commodities segments of the account.
Maintenance Margin Requirement The Maintenance Margin Requirement in the Securities segment of your account as of the report date. The Maintenance Margin Requirement in the Commodities (Futures) segment of your account as of the report date. The sum of the Maintenance Margin Requirements for the securities and commodities segments of the account.
Excess Liquidity The Excess Liquidity value in the Securities segment of your account as of the report date. Excess Liquidity in the Securities segment of your account is calculated as:

Equity with Loan Value - Maintenance Margin.
The Excess Liquidity value in the Securities segment of your account as of the report date. Excess Liquidity in the Commodities (Futures) segment of your account is calculated as:

Net Liquidation - Initial Margin.
The sum of the Excess Liquidity for the Securities and Commodities segments of your account.
Margin Ratio (%) Calculated as the initial margin requirement divided by the net liquidation value. Calculated as the initial margin requirement divided by the net liquidation value. Calculated as the total initial margin requirement divided by the total net liquidation value.

 

All non-base currency amounts are converted to the base currency. For more details on these calculations, refer to the Account Window topic in the IB TWS Users' Guide. For more information on how initial and maintenance margin values are calculated, see Reference > Margin Requirements in Portal.