Available for Trading

This section tells you what you have for additional trades and cushion before liquidation, based on your balance information and margin requirements.

Parameter

Securities Account

Commodities Account

Current Available Funds

This value tells what you have available for trading.

Equity with Loan Value - Initial margin.

Same.

Current Excess Liquidity

This value shows your margin cushion, before liquidation.

Equity with Loan Value - Maintenance margin.

Same.

Look Ahead Available Funds

This value reflects your available funds at the next margin change. The next change is displayed in the Look Ahead Next Change field.

Equity with loan value - look ahead initial margin.

Net Liquidation value - look ahead initial margin.

Look Ahead Excess Liquidity

Equity with loan value - look ahead maintenance margin.

Net Liquidation value - look ahead maintenance margin.

Overnight Available Funds

Same as during regular trading hours.

Net Liquidation value - Overnight Maintenance margin

Overnight Excess Liquidity

Same as during regular trading hours.

Net Liquidation value - Overnight Maintenance margin.

Buying Power

Cash Account: (Minimum (Equity with Loan Value, Previous Day Equity with Loan Value)-Initial Margin)

Standard Margin Account: Available Funds*4

Not applicable for futures.

Leverage

Gross Position Value/Net Liquidation.

 

Same.

Look Ahead Next Change

Shows you when the next margin period will begin.

Same.

Day Trades Left

Number of day trades still available for 4-day pattern day trader period.

Not applicable for futures.