# Auto trade IBKR

**URL:** <https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-ibkr/16970>\
**Category:** C2\
**Created:** [February 5, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-ibkr/16970 "2026-02-05T19:11:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ASKY\_Trades](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/asky_trades/32/20488_2.png) [@ASKY\_Trades](https://forums.collective2.com/u/ASKY_Trades)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-ibkr/16970/1 "2026-02-05T19:11:34Z")

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How long does Autotrade approval take? It shows still waiting for broker approval?(IBKR)

I set it up on 2/3.

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**Author:** ![c2marc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/c2marc/32/21451_2.png) [@c2marc](https://forums.collective2.com/u/c2marc)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-ibkr/16970/2 "2026-02-05T20:51:52Z")

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Hello,

Normally 2-3 business days, but I don’t see any forms submitted by you, which are required to gain IB approval. Please visit this link:

[https://collective2.com/interactive-brokers-forms/investor](https://collective2.com/interactive-brokers-forms/investor)

and submit forms and an ID to [docs@autotradenow.com](mailto:docs@autotradenow.com) at your earliest convenience. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![ASKY\_Trades](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/asky_trades/32/20488_2.png) [@ASKY\_Trades](https://forums.collective2.com/u/ASKY_Trades)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-ibkr/16970/3 "2026-02-06T01:32:41Z")

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Thanks Marc. Hopefully the approval is much faster than 2-3 bus days.

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**Author:** ![ManojSharma3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/manojsharma3/32/19843_2.png) [@ManojSharma3](https://forums.collective2.com/u/ManojSharma3)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-ibkr/16970/4 "2026-03-04T17:23:03Z")

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I started to autotrade using IBKR the “Prosper-relax-compound” strategy starting today. I had added minimum suggested capital and it started to place trades. However, after some trades, it exhausted the margin and can’t execute any order. what am I doing wrong? or, what is not configured correctly?

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**Author:** ![GaryLynn2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forums.collective2.com/garylynn2/32/23549_2.png) [@GaryLynn2](https://forums.collective2.com/u/GaryLynn2)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.collective2.com/t/auto-trade-ibkr/16970/6 "2026-03-05T23:04:37Z")

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This is something that happens all of the time with new users to C2 – the scaling needs to be adjusted such that it is the ratio of the actual account size to the model account size (e.g., a $25K actual account should be scaled at 50% when trading a system with a model account of $50K). My question to @MatthewKlein or others on the C2 team – why not simply give a recommended scaling based on the users’ account size instead of simply defaulting to 100%, which is often too high?