I've the impression that some people seem to think CashAcct means that it's for depositing physical cash money (ie. coins and paper bills), like money-laundering in criminal circles.
Nope, it's just a very normal bank account (debit account, ie. much like a prepaid account). The main difference is that it's not a MarginAcct; you can't borrow money from the brokerage, instead must fund your trades yourself in advance.
Since such a cash account allows only "covered trades", it means you cannot lose any more than what you invest. Ie. with such a CashAcct the maxRisk for each trade is always known (and limited to the investment) in advance.
I'm not interested in any illegal activity. Just wanted to clarify.
Nope, it's just a very normal bank account (debit account, ie. much like a prepaid account). The main difference is that it's not a MarginAcct; you can't borrow money from the brokerage, instead must fund your trades yourself in advance.
Since such a cash account allows only "covered trades", it means you cannot lose any more than what you invest. Ie. with such a CashAcct the maxRisk for each trade is always known (and limited to the investment) in advance.
I'm not interested in any illegal activity. Just wanted to clarify.
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