{"id":179439,"date":"2021-05-12T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/glossary-terms\/excess-liquidity\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T13:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:46:55","slug":"excess-liquidity","status":"publish","type":"glossary-terms","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/glossary-terms\/excess-liquidity\/","title":{"rendered":"Excess Liquidity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Current Excess Liquidity figure shows your margin cushion, before liquidation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the Securities segment of your account:\u00a0 Excess Liquidity = Equity with Loan Value &#8211; Maintenance Margin<\/li>\n<li>For the Commodities segment of your account: Excess Liquidity = Net Liquidation Value &#8211; Maintenance Margin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When your Current Excess Liquidity is negative, your account is no longer meeting the minimum Maintenance Margin required to hold on to the open positions and we may start liquidating any open position to return the account to margin compliance. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-226330 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/tws-curr-excess-liquidity-1100x368.png\" alt=\"TWS Account Window\" width=\"1100\" height=\"368\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/tws-curr-excess-liquidity-1100x368.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/tws-curr-excess-liquidity-700x234.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/tws-curr-excess-liquidity-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/tws-curr-excess-liquidity-768x257.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/tws-curr-excess-liquidity-1536x514.png 1536w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/tws-curr-excess-liquidity.png 1828w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/368;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The amount of cash in excess of the usual requirement in your account. 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