# Wealthsimple Wealthsimple users must first establish a USD account within their primary Wealthsimple brokerage account to minimize unnecessary currency conversion fees. For detailed instructions on funding your Wealthsimple account with USD, please refer to this [article](https://help.wealthsimple.com/hc/en-ca/articles/4415548242971-Convert-funds-to-USD-or-CAD-within-a-trading-account). Please read this article on how to [Upgrade your Wealthsimple account to a USD account](https://help.wealthsimple.com/hc/en-ca/articles/4414660979355-Upgrade-to-USD-accounts-for-stock-and-crypto-trading). Please remember to fund your Wealthsimple account with USD before deploying the bots. **IMPORTANT:** Users must also maintain a CAD balance in addition to the USD balance. Wealthsimple will evaluate your available balance based on your CAD amount and if there is sufficient CAD cash to execute the trade, the USD balance will be used to buy the stocks. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.stockhero.ai/connecting-brokerage/wealthsimple.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.