How am I impacted if my account has an Intraday Margin Deficit (IMD) call and Excess Funds Sweep is set to commodities?

Transfers into or out of the Securities Segment are considered deposits or withdrawals, respectively, under intraday margin standards for Intraday Margin Deficit (IMD) purposes. As a result, an incoming segment transfer may help satisfy open IMD calls, while an outgoing segment transfer could, in certain limited circumstances, trigger an IMD call…

An Intraday Margin Deficit (IMD) for a day is satisfied if, from the end of the day the IMD occurred to the end of a subsequent day, the customer has made net deposits or otherwise caused an increase in the account’s excess liquidity sufficient to equal the IMD…

No, excess funds in another account cannot automatically be applied to satisfy an Intraday Margin Deficit (IMD). If there is excess in another account, the customer must transfer those excess funds to the account with the IMD in order to satisfy it…

Yes, if there is a commodities cash requirement due to, for example, trading or a margin deficiency, funds will be moved from your securities account to satisfy the commodities requirement. As a result, funds deposited to meet your Intraday Margin Deficit (IMD) call may be transferred to your commodities account. The IMD call may remain outstanding due to the transfer…