Can I limit the number of trades in my account as a precaution?

Unfortunately, it is not possible to impose these types of hard limits on your account. Although there are limits on positions in an account which are imposed by regulatory authorities, these limits are very high. Proprietary Trading Groups can impose trading limits on the account holder within that group but this is not possible for individual accounts. …

To modify Precautionary settings and other trading presets:

1. Tap the Account menu (head and shoulders) in top left corner of the app.
2. Tap Settings and then Trading Settings…

At this time, unfortunately there is no setting which allows you to set a minimum holding period before you can sell assets in your account. We do, however, offer alerts which would allow you to set a trigger to have a trade be submitted for execution at a certain date and/or time. Please feel free to…

There is no implied limit to the number of stocks you can short with IBKR.  The limit will be established based on the funds available in your account that allow you to meet the margin requirements to short a stock…