This video carefully covers how a margin account works with Interactive Brokers. Examples are included for futures, stocks, bonds and forex trading. This video should be essential viewing for investors that trade with IBKR. If you have a question that was not covered in this video please comment below.

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00:00 Contents & Description
1:31 What is Margin and why is it helpful?
3:16 Main Benefits of margin vs cash account
5:40 How Margin works for Trading Futures
10:53 How Margin works with Stocks
12:25 How cash is used when trading stocks
13:45 Example Stock with less leverage allowed
15:24 How to view margin requirement for positions
16:05 Reg-T vs Portfolio Margin
17:19 Net Liquidity, Excess, Maintenance
20:03 How the negative cash balance works
22:41 Why have a Negative Cash Balance?
24:03 What about Day Trade Margins?
25:41 Margin requirements are subject to change!
26:52 How to avoid getting liquidated
30:30 What does too much leverage look like?
32:59 How does shorting work?