Quote Originally Posted by mingpan.lam View Post
When you trade in Europe, do you just use margin or change euro to usd and trade?
I borrow US dollars from IB to buy my stocks (this is done automatically) and keep my account in EUR.
Keep in mind tough, profits/losses get payed/subtracted in USD. You can convert those to EUR or keep a USD balance.
I always maintain a small USD balance but keep the bulk of the account in EUR.

I started a topic on this issue a while ago, to ask what is the best practice.