Mutual Funds Margin Requirements

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Europe Mutual Fund Margin Requirements


For residents of Europe trading mutual funds:

  • Rules-based margin

The complete margin requirement details are listed in the sections below.



The following calculations apply only to Margin and Cash Accounts.

The following table shows mutual fund margin requirements for initial (at the time of trade) and maintenance (when holding positions).


 Margin Account:
Initial Margin		 Margin Account:
Maintenance Margin		 Reg T End of Day Cash Accounts
Mutual Fund Long Position
First 30
days:		 100% * Net Asset Value 100% * Net Asset Value 100% * Net Asset Value 100% * Net Asset Value
After 30 days: 25% * Net Asset Value 1 25% * Net Asset Value 1 50% * Net Asset Value 1 100% * Net Asset Value
Money Market Fund Long Position
1% * Net Asset Value 1
Cannot borrow against for 30 days (no debit balance)		 1% * Net Asset Value 1
Cannot borrow against for 30 days (no debit balance)		 1% * Net Asset Value 1
Cannot borrow against for 30 days (no debit balance)		 100% * Net Asset Value
Short Positions
N/A N/A N/A

  • "Non-US funds" available with the following restrictions: U.S., Canada, Iran, North Korea, Libya, Syria and U.S. territories Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Northern Marianas Islands.
  • Margin Requirements and info the same as US ones


Additional Europe Margin Requirements

For Residents of Europe:

Use the following links to view other margin requirements:

Stocks

Options

Futures & FOPs

SSF - Single Stock Futures

Fixed Income

CFDs

Forex

Metals


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Disclosures
  1. Non-US registered Mutual Funds have a margin requirement of 100% when trading on margin.
  • Margin requirements quoted in US Dollars may also be satisfied with a Non-USDollar equivalent.
  • Mutual Funds market value is always included in Equity with Loan Value.
  • 30-day initial margin requirement does not apply to funds that are transferred from another broker (e.g. ACATs).
  • Net Asset Value is computed once per day at closing by the funds at which time your margin requirement and equity will be updated.
  • IBKR house margin requirements may be greater than rule-based margin.







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