Margin Trading
Benefits of a Margin Trading Account
Use the cash or securities in your brokerage account as leverage to increase your buying power.
Get the lowest market margin loan interest rates of any broker.1
Diversify trading strategies with short selling, options and futures contracts, or currency trading.
Understand the Risks of Margin Trading
Margin borrowing is only for experienced investors with high risk tolerance.
You may lose more than your initial investment.
Before trading on margin, understand the following risks
- Trading losses may be greater than the value of the initial investment
- Leveraged investments create a greater potential risk of loss
- Additional costs from margin interest charges
- Potential margin calls or liquidation of securities
Margin Education Course on Traders' Academy
Introduction to Margin Trading
This course is designed to help investors understand margin basics, including different types of margin accounts, margining methods, and margin requirements, plus how to monitor margin on both Trader Workstation (TWS) and IBKR Mobile.
Trading on margin is only for sophisticated traders. You may lose more than your initial investment.
- Introduction to Margin
- Monitoring Margin in TWS
- Looking at Margin on IBKR Mobile
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- According to BrokerChooser's 2023 broker review: Read the full article Interactive Brokers Review 2023. "Interactive Brokers has low trading fees and the best margin rates in the industry."