If your account is in a margin deficit and can not initiate new positions, the recurring investment will not occur, even if you have the feature enabled. The trade will only occur if free cash is available. Clients that are borrowing on margin cannot use recurring investment feature until you have free cash.
Please Note
- Recurring Investment orders are credit-checked at the time of entry—should an account go into margin deficiency at any time after that, including as a result of the end-of-day SMA check and the end of Soft Edge Margin, the account will become subject to automated liquidation.
- A Deposit Hold can cause a recurring investment to be rejected.
- Open recurring investment instructions are not visible on the Trader Workstation (TWS) or IBKR Mobile order screens. Submitting orders from these platforms will increase your exposure beyond that scheduled for your recurring investment. Your open recurring investment orders are visible in Portal from both the Portfolio and Trade > Orders & Trades menus.
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