Can I select a Base Currency other than USD for my IRA?

If you selected USD as your base currency, your account values will be shown in USD even if you are holding foreign currency or products denominated in a different currency. If you would like to see your current currency balances, open the Account window by clicking the Account menu option followed by Account Window. Scroll down to the Market Value- Real FX Balance section and you will see all of your currencies listed and their respective balances…

While clients maintaining a "Margin" type IRA account are eligible to hold long cash balances in currencies other than USD, only withdrawals or transfers denominated in USD are allowed…

An IRA account may trade products denominated in a currency other than the USD Base Currency, but such accounts are not allowed to borrow cash in any currency. Therefore, if you are looking to purchase a product denominated in a currency other than the Base Currency, you would need to first convert your Base Currency into the denominated currency of that product. …

Clients maintaining a cash or margin account opened via IBKR (Taiwan), are required to select their base currency when completing the account application process. While the account does not need to be funded in the base currency, funds below 5 USD or equivalent in any other supported IBKR currencies will be automatically exchanged to the preset base currency…