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Complex or Leveraged Exchange Traded Products (CLPs) are funds or notes that trade on an exchange but have very different characteristics from shares of stock or ordinary exchange-traded funds (ETFs)…

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Trading permissions for certain mutual funds may require prior approval from the respective fund management company. Please refer to the contact information provided in the order reject message.

Additional Information…

Orders may be rejected with a LIQONLY (liquidation only) mode message, even when there appears to be sufficient cash in your account. This restriction limits your account to closing positions only, preventing you from opening new positions. To troubleshoot and potentially resolve this issue, follow these steps:…

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The error message "Your order is not accepted because your equity with loan value is insufficient to cover the initial margin" means that you do not have enough funds to cover the initial margin required for your order. …

Overview:

When traders attempt to sell short a stock which we do not currently have in inventory to loan them, we will look for these shares “on the street”, which means from other brokerage firms. This search is conducted on a best-efforts only basis. While we search for the shares, the order status box on the TWS Order Management page should be dark green and will show a small icon of a pair of binoculars, which indicates we are searching. The order will simply not execute as we search for the shares on the street…

There are a number of circumstances that can change the status of a product that at one time was freely tradable to later being restricted to closing only. One of the most common causes is a change in a stock's listing that causes it to no longer be continuously quoted on an electronic market. Another is a change to the clearing status whereby the stock can no longer be settled or cleared through standard clearing mechanisms, but rather requires special broker-to-broker bilateral settlement…

You may receive the order rejection message "Insufficient Cash" or "Insufficient Settled Cash" when you place an order or place a currency conversion…

Overview:

The pink status indicates that you have sent a request to cancel the order, but have not yet received cancel confirmation from the order destination. At this point your order is not confirmed canceled. You may still receive an execution while your cancellation request is pending…

Introduction

Clients holding short stock positions (including short positions resulting from option assignments or exercises) are at risk of having these positions bought-in and closed out by us, with no advance notice. This is a risk…

To see if your order executed, look at the Status column on your order line. If your order (or part of your order) has executed, you will see the number of executed shares/contracts in the Status field.

You can also check the Trade Log to see all of your executed orders. Access the Trade Log in Trader Workstation by clicking the Account menu option followed by Trade Log…

Non-EEA accounts may see this message if a product is subject to trading restrictions for clients who do not reside within the European Economic Area (EEA). Please submit a message to IBKR Client Services…

To comply with regulations regarding the sale of unregistered securities and to minimize the manual processing associated with trading shares that are not publicly quoted, IBKR imposes certain restrictions on U.S. Microcap Stocks. A list of those restrictions, along with other FAQs…

COMPLETE MiFIR REPORTING INFORMATION

MiFiR II refers to reporting obligations for products traded in countries in the European Economic Area (EEA). Under the MiFiR regulatory rules, investment firms are required to include a unique identifier which is assigned to the individual or algorithm that is responsible for making investment decisions related to products which trade in the EEA. As such, the rejection message is due to client's entering orders for products in which the code or identifier is not yet assigned…

In order for IBKR to route a Pink/OTC order, the client must enter a marketable limit order that meets the Minimum Quotation Size listed below. If your order is not marketable then you will receive the reject message "No route for non-marketable order that does not meet the Minimum Tier size”.  Please note, it is possible that ArcaEdge may hold a non-marketable order if they are quoting the symbol. …