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Trade Reference

The Trade Reference menu contains information related to trading.

The following information and tools are included:

• Margin - The complete guide to understanding how IB margin accounts work, including margin calculations, examples and margin requirements for all asset types.
• Order Types - Complete explanations of all IB-supported order types, including interactive examples.
• Short Sales - Complete explanations on short selling, including descriptions of short sale mechanics and buy-in procedures, up-to-date lists of shortable instruments, and information about IB's AQS Marketplace, Stock Yield Enhancement Program and Pre-Borrow Program.
• Short Stock Availability - Use this tool to get the number of shares available of a particular stock for shorting and the current indicative borrow rate.
• Corporate Actions - Use this tool to review information on upcoming corporate actions relating to positions held in the account.
• Delivery and Exercise - Information about futures and futures options physical delivery, exercising options and CFD corporate actions.