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Called

When a call option is exercised, it is said, then, to have been called. For an option on a physical…

MTM Margin

It stands for mark-to-market margin; with respect to buying on margin, it is the minimum amount of equity which an...

Mark-To-Market Margin

With respect to buying on margin, it is the minimum amount of equity which an investor must maintain in a...

Maintenance Margin

With respect to buying on margin, it is the minimum amount of equity which an investor must maintain in a...

Buying On Margin

Using the funds borrowed from a broker to trade securities (e.g., stocks). Buying on margin works also for bonds, options,...

Margin Trading

Using the funds borrowed from a broker to trade securities (e.g., stocks). Margin trading works also for bonds, options, among...

Futures Margin

Investors using futures contracts must post margin (in the form of cash or marketable securities) in an account maintained by...

Exhaust Price

The price of a security (brought on margin) that exhausts the equity of a margin account. This happens when its...

Special Cash Account

A brokerage account whose holder is required to immediately make cash payments on purchases and deliveries on sales of securities,...

Cash Account

A brokerage account whose holder is required to immediately make cash payments on purchases and deliveries on sales of securities,...