Why Do I See Discrepancies in My Cash Balances or Percentages?

You can monitor your cash balances and convert the remaining non-base currency balance(s) into your base currency in the Trader Workstation (TWS) Account window:

1. In TWS, from the Account menu select Account Window
2. Scroll down to the…

To see your actual, real-time currency balances, from the Account window in TWS or the Balances section of the Portfolio in IBKR Desktop, check the Total Cash and Settled Cash fields of the Market Value - Real FX Balance…

The Close Currency Balance feature is only available for non-base currencies in the TWS Account Window. If you try to execute it from the base currency row of the Market Value - Real FX Balance area of the Account Window you will see it greyed out…

You will need a Margin account in order to use an attached FX Hedge order. A Cash account cannot use a FX Hedge attached order because it takes IBKR a fraction of a second to see how much negative cash is in the account after the non-base currency stock order executes. Even though it would only be a short amount of time that the Cash account would be holding a negative cash balance, a loan to the account is not allowed under any circumstances. In a Cash account you will need to first execute a FX currency conversion order and then place an order for a contract denominated in a foreign currency. …