Glossary

Margin call

A broker warning that your equity is low compared with your used margin. New trades are usually blocked.

Many brokers trigger it at a margin level of 100%, but levels differ. With $400 of used margin, a 100% margin call comes when equity falls to $400. On a $1,000 account that is already a $600 loss. It is a warning, not a safety plan.

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