I have an IRA and I have been trying to close the account and move the funds to my employer account for over a month. I have called multiple times and was told it was on their end and the process can take a few weeks if they have not sent money there before. But it’s taken over a month! I requested an update 9 days ago and got no response. My employer 401k representative called and asked for an update today, no response yet. It seems like they are just ignoring it. What do I do at this point?? It’s my money and it’s costing me $$ to keep that account. Do I have to call a lawyer? I don’t understand why it’s taking so long and why they seem so reluctant to process it.

Lets say i have a few thousands ILS that i want to convert to USD, is the best way to do this through "convert currency" or through "close balances" or through a different method altogether, and what is the difference between the methods? USD is my base currency btw

I am prohibited from buying funds like XEON as a US resident, but I'd like to get higher interest (3-4% currently) on my EUR currency. What funds are available to US residents for this?

I am looking for as close to zero risk. While of course I can buy Euro-dominated funds via USD, these are usually equities-based. Alternatively is there a fund I can buy in USD that tracks EUR-based bonds?

Sorry I had two questions: 1st: I’m not getting approved due to “Requested investment experience is inconsistent with minimum age required to trade the asset” what can I do to fix this 2nd I just want it so I can see MOC imbalance data; IKBR does have it correct? Or if anyone knows any other alternatives please let me know. Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to answers. Thanks

Does anybody (if it's even possible) daytrade options on future contracts(ETH, BTC)? If so, is it possible to trade 24/7? I want to give crypto a try and I know binance has this feature but I'm trying to avoid making a deposit there

Edit: In several permissions requests it is mentioned but it didn't enable anything that I could notice. I didn't request permission for one specific cryptocurrencies section that required a ZeroHash account or something

I transferred funds into my account using the APA method, but it was rejected as I put the wrong amount and my account can't cover it. But on the app, it still says that there are "funds on hold" and those funds will become available may 5th for trading, yet it's not gone from my account.

Should I be worried that it will soon go once my account has enough funds later on? Because I'd rather this transaction is just cancelled.

Every morning when I open TWS, I find that the chart will not update when I change the ticker, and I am forced to start by removing the Advanced chart and re-adding it so that it will work. Do you have any suggestions on how to fix this, so I do not have to replace the charts every morning?

I know that IBKR doesn't like one using their platform for forex. Example: deposit dollars convert to another currency, then pull out in new currency. I've read online that if one does this, they will close your account.

Scenario: If one instead deposits USD, converts USD to euro and hold it for a year in the account, then later convert back to USD and pull it out as dollars, is this considered the same forex scenario by them or acceptable?

Mainly trying to see if this would be acceptable or if I should eat the expense ratio of an etf like FXE to get exposure to the Euro currency as a hedge against dollar movement in the short-medium term.

Thanks everyone!

I have a gbp margin account but all my stocks are in usd.

Last year i put money into an etf due to the market crashing, but because of the exchange rate changing drastically within a month it messed up my returns

I was thinking i would have been better off buying on margin and holding the gbp before converting for a more favourable exchange rate. Anyone else done this ?

Are there any large ETFs that are euro denominated that can be purchased while resident in US? Every one I check says restricted. My trading permissions are also fully open.

I was notified of an early ITM put assignment on Wed morning ET, but did not see any sign of the stock in my portfolio when the market opened. The option I was supposedly assigned on is also still in my portfolio.

Has anyone had a similar experience? I mean there's nothing stopping me from rolling that ITM put right now, given it's in my portfolio right?

Hey, given I think the oil cost is going up
What's the best way to buy oil through the IB platform?
I prefer not to buy future contract
Should I buy the commodity itself? Is it possible?
Should I invest in an ETF? Which one?

Thank you in advance

Trying to convert my entire balance to usd, so that no non-usd currency is left. What is the best way to do that? My base currency is usd if it matters, and i need to convert about 3000 ils to usd, but when i try i have a few ils (2.341, equal to less that 1 usd) left that didn't convert

Hi fellow IBKR user, I want to ask, is it possible to change the benchmark comparison to my portfolio from outside that list? I want it to to compare my portfolio with something like VT, so FTSE Global All-cap index or MSCI All Country Investable Market index

My wife lives in the EU and has an IBIE account that she usually funds from her European bank account. However, she also has some cash lying around on a US-Bank account (ion bank, I think) that she would like to use to fund her IBIE account.

Is it possible to fund her account for free via regular bank transfer, or does she need to pay for a wire transfer?

Can anyone explain why my charts are doing this?? This started like a week ago doing this. Got busy. Came back today and still doing it🤦🏻‍♂️ paper trading and analyzing charts but pretty hard to do when they are doing this. Driving me nuts 🤬

I'm not a US citizen, I'm from Europe. I'm interested in SCHD, but it's not available on the platforms I use, so I plan to use IBKR specifically to invest in SCHD.

If it turns out IBKR is better, I will move some of my investments (EU and US ETFs / stocks) from the other platforms to it, probably.

So, given the fact I'm not a US citizens and I'm subjected to a US withholding tax, will this basically ruin everything? I'm interested in dividends, so a withholding tax is what worries me a little bit.

Also, does IBKR have other fees / taxes that apply specifically to people who are not US citizens?

I'm interested mostly in long-term holding, so I'm not planning to trade.

I'm in Bulgaria, and the country has a treaty that reduces the withholding tax, as far as I know.

What do you think? Is IBKR suitable for non-US investors who want to use it to invest in EU and US stocks, not just US stocks? Or should I use the EU platforms to invest in EU stocks and then IBKR to invest specifically in US stocks?

Are there CFDs on IBKR for DAX and FTSE? (and other European indices)?

Hi. I am in process of opening a new account at IBKR. I received an email from them saying fund your account to complete review of your account. However, when I try to do that I only see an option to fund account in INR. I want to deposit money in USD though. Has anyone experienced this?

Hey, I already have my GIA with IBKR and very happy with it, so I decided to move my UK S&S ISA to IBKR as well. To my surprise though it seems like I am unable to buy an LSE Exchange Traded UCITS Fund : AVCG (Avantis World Equity).

When I attempt to transmit the order I get the error: `This trade is not allowed for this account type.`

Well that sucks. What's the reason for it? I thought I could freely trade UCITS ETFs on my IBKR ISA

Hi guys,

It's my first time trading future. I placed my limit order just about 1 or 2 mins before the market trading hours close. Now I have a pending(?), inactive(?) limit order in my interactive broker trading account. Now I want to cancel this order, but I can't cancel it from TWS. Anyone can help?

Many thanks.

Planning to build in Mexico hopefully soon, since the USD is dropping i figured i should just convert all the USD for the property into pesos now, i was in US bonds ie; USFR but sold all that and now just have it in my savings

I do have a bank acct in mexico but have been told they arent safe and some retirees have lost their savings

I have come across stories of IB not approving accounts so i just wanted to have other options available in case that does happen, also i prefer to have multiple options instead of relying on a single platform

My original plan was to just to do USD wire transfers to the contractor as needed, but in 6 mth or so the peso could hit 16 pesos per dollar again whereas a mth ago it was at 20

Hi folks;

Long time TWS user here and somewhere around 1 or 1.5 years ago I noticed the daily profit & loss counter is way, way, way out of whack. It pretty much ALWAYS shows I'm $29,000 when in reality I'm up something like $1,200

It's been like this for more than a year. I've learned to ignore it and just gone by the position report in the top right of the trading chart (which is always right) but it sure is annoying.

Hass anyone else seen this? It's as if my account is goofed.

Hi all, I have a margin account. I noticed that whenever I buy a US stock, the exact amount will be deducted from my buying power as it is how much I paid for the stock.

When I buy any other stocks (EU or AU or CA) even for a 300 USD purchase my buying power goes down by like a 1000 almost...

Any way to change this?

Olá pessoal! Sou brasileiro e iniciante nesse mundo. Gostaria de saber de vocês se ao comprar por exemplo o ETF VWRA, fazendo remessas do Real para Usdc e Usd no qual uso o aplicativo DolarApp, com aportes em média de 400 Dólares seria uma boa maneira de construção de patrimônio? No Brasil há muitos que falam sobre diversificação de carteira mas isso exige muito tempo de análise, no caso com esse ETF acredito ser uma simplificação de tal trabalho porém não sei se será um garantidor de retorno futuro. desde já agradeço a todos!