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IB support says that the short credit cash balance is kept segregated from the rest of the account. I found that I am earning a "securities lending" rate on this, basically 1- 85% = 15% of the normal daily cash interest rate at IBKR. I did a bit more research on this, and most brokers seem to...

Hello all, New user here. I have a question about margin charged at IBKR. I am short 250k govt t note. Long 250k t bill. Cash balance is still positive. My margin debit balance is 245k, my long position minus my total settled cash. This seems strange to me. I thought I should only be...