muscleman Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 IBKR no longer offers peuso-margin accounts for non-IRA accounts. However, I really don't like using the cash account because there are some benefits of the margin account vs cash account: 1. No Reg T violation possible, no matter how frequently I trade. 2. No need to wait for 3 days to settle and I can sell a stock and immediately buy another one. 3. I can enroll in their enhanced yield program to lend out my stock to earn extra. However, I really don't like to accidentally borrow margin or sell short as I may have a fat finger and execute a wrong trade. I called their REP to ask what I can do now that they don't offer pseudo-margin accounts anymore. They said I can create a friend and family advisor account to manage my individual account, and in the adviser account, there is a pre-trade configuration page where I can setup trading restrictions like the following. Has anyone been using this feature? Is there any other rule I am missing to make sure my margin account won't actually be using margin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muscleman Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Is everyone using IBKR using their margin account without any of these restrictions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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