Position liquidation in the event of a margin call

Discussion in 'Interactive Brokers' started by pr0ps_, Dec 8, 2024.

  1. pr0ps_

    pr0ps_

    Quite a while ago watched a video from IB where the person who was speaking told that you can ask the broker to setup your "liquidation" policy in the event of a margin call. My questions is that if is not the positions that are losing more money?
     
  2. mervyn

    mervyn

    in tws, you can right click and set the position to “last liquidate”manually.
     
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  3. TheDawn

    TheDawn

    No margin call is when your account doesn't have enough money to cover the loss from your open position anymore. And since you borrowed money from the broker via margin to open your position, then if you want to keep your position open, then you would need to put in more money. The margin call is to notify you to put in more money. If you don't, your position will be closed.
     
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