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

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**Category:** Investing / Brokers
**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: ![dbu](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/user_avatar/forum.mustachianpost.com/dbu/32/1552_2.png) [@dbu](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/dbu)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2020, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/ibkr-always-says-i-dont-have-enough-cash-settled-to-make-a-trade-why/3760/9 "2020-05-01T09:10:21Z")

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> [@Julianek](#):
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> If you have a cash account, then I think you might need to convert your currencies with the “FXConv” module, instead of “IdealPro”.

No that shouldn’t matter.  
Mobile app uses IdealPro (afaik) and it flows in one go chf-usd-buy for me too (like others).  
Not sure what the cause for the OP and some others might be. 😕  
Could it be that after a number of trades this time limitation disappears? 😁

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