# IBKR always says I don't have enough cash settled to make a trade. WHY?

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**Created:** [April 30, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/ibkr-always-says-i-dont-have-enough-cash-settled-to-make-a-trade-why/3760 "2020-04-30T19:10:35Z")
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### Author: ![Double\_A](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Double\_A](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Double_A)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/ibkr-always-says-i-dont-have-enough-cash-settled-to-make-a-trade-why/3760/19 "2020-05-06T13:17:29Z")

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This happened to me whenever I used the WebTrader. It would take 1-2 days for currency conversions to really happen.  
If I do it via the User Portal or the Mobile App, it works almost instantly.

Or are you using the feature where you can buy x shares for a total price? That also doesn’t seem to work for me, because it always tries to reserve more money than I actually have to do that…

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