

To initiate a US T-Bill transfer, contact Customer Service. US T-Bills may be deposited as collateral, but we require a minimum of $1,000,000 in US T-Bills for a transfer.IBKR will charge a special handling fee of 1% of the deposit amount (minimum $50 fee) for any physical currency deposits. Please make all deposits to your IBKR account by wire transfer, check, direct bank transfer (ACH), or via one of the other methods described above. Please be aware that it is against Interactive Brokers policy to accept physical currency (cash) deposits.If this is a concern, we encourage customers to send an electronic funds transfer (wire or low value payment, such as ACH, SEPA, BACS etc) where interest is paid from the settlement date of the deposit. Where applicable, interest is not paid during the hold period for checks.

For example, six business days means withdrawal can be submitted on the seventh business day). The Withdrawal Hold Period begins on the Entry Date and ends after the close of business of the relevant day. The Withdrawal Hold Period is the number of days before the customer may withdraw the funds deposited.Please see the knowledgebase article for more details. Credit is posted after the close-of-business of the relevant day (e.g., 4 business days means credit is posted close-of-business on the 4th day). Credit Period is the number of days before funds are posted to the customer's account and available for trading.
