# Turn off margin

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/turn-off-margin/2190>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [July 28, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/turn-off-margin/2190 "2020-07-28T17:55:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shagabash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Shagabash](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Shagabash)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/turn-off-margin/2190/21 "2021-02-01T18:38:43Z")

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> [@Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](#):
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> What is the aversion to ‘using margin’? Is it:
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> 1. Don’t want to incur ANY margin interest charges.
> 2. Don’t want to incur a lot of interest charges. Maybe $1 or $2 a month is ok or maybe .005% of equity is ok.
> 3. Don’t want to add leverage and increased volatility to my strategy.
> 4. Don’t want the potential for a margin call. A little margin expense is ok but really don’t want to deal with margin calls.

Personally, the one I care about is #3. I would like to have a setting that raises an error any time a trade would require use of leverage, so that I never accidentally borrow cash. This would make me more comfortable using strategies where I’m not as confident in their results.

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