Portions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. A margin call occurs when the ...

A margin call is an operational risk event that happens when leverage meets market stress. For advisors and RIAs, it's a moment where portfolio structure, liquidity planning, and client ...

This post is an overview of the “one business day margin call requirement” that applies to separate account customers under CFTC Regulation §1.44, as proposed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading ...

As a true hedger, I dislike the term “margin call” because it is often associated with speculators who are in a trade that has gone wrong. However, I am not a speculator, I am a hedger. The difference ...

This post is the next in our multi-part series on CFTC Regulation §1.44, as proposed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) on February 20, 2024 (the “Proposed Rule”). The ...

A margin call occurs when the value of securities in a brokerage account falls below a certain level, known as the maintenance margin, requiring the account holder to deposit additional cash or ...

Margin call is the term for when the equity on your account – the total capital you have deposited plus or minus any profits or losses – drops below your margin requirement. You can find both figures ...