Why am I unable to make a margin withdrawal from my IBSG account?

You may see discrepancies in Total Cash versus Cash in Base Currency after making a trade in a non-base currency. The reason for the discrepancy is that additional time is needed for settlement to allow trades executed in a non-base currency to convert to the base currency. In order to see your Settled Cash balance, you will need to add the Settled Cash column to your Account Window under the Market Value - Real FX Balance section…

There isn't a function in TWS that prevents account holders with margin accounts from making trades that cause their cash balance to become negative, which would then incur interest charges for a margin loan. Traders would want to ensure that their cash balance always remained positive or open a cash account. Negative cash balances are disallowed in cash accounts and orders that cause the cash balance to go negative should be rejected by the system…

You may withdraw up to the positive settled cash balance that you hold in the specific currency that you are withdrawing. If your balance in that currency is zero or negative, you cannot withdraw any amount in that currency, even if other currencies in your account have positive balances…

To determine if you have any margin loans in your Interactive Brokers (IBKR) account, follow these steps:

1. Account Login and Type:
   • Log in to your IBKR account…