# Interactive Brokers for dummies

**URL:** https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/interactive-brokers-for-dummies/447
**Category:** Investing / Brokers
**Created:** [September 15, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/interactive-brokers-for-dummies/447 "2017-09-15T16:19:53Z")
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### Author: ![Gesk](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/user_avatar/forum.mustachianpost.com/gesk/32/3303_2.png) [@Gesk](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Gesk)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/interactive-brokers-for-dummies/447/305 "2020-11-16T16:28:24Z")

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By buying on margin I mean borrowing money to buy your ETFs (which you cannot do if your account is not of margin type).

Maybe this [post](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/help-with-margin-account-on-ib/2130/19) can help.

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