Customer Accounts – Stock Price Changes and Margin Requirements

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• 15 October, 2013
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Effect on Margin Account from a Stock Appreciation Returning to the example, say the UVW stock appreciated and closed yesterday at $50: $5000 Long Market Value ($2000) Debit Balance $3000 … Continue Reading →

Customer Accounts – Margin Account Calculations

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• 15 October, 2013
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Now that you have the background to understand how margin accounts work, it is time to focus on buying power for normal equities. Long Market Value The long market value … Continue Reading →

Buying Power and Excess Margin

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• 21 August, 2013
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Buying Power  What is Buying Power (Excess Equity)?  There are two things you can do with your $1400 in excess equity  There is one thing you cannot do with excess … Continue Reading →

Margin Calls

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• 21 August, 2013
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Meeting margin calls In order to protect investors from over extending their margin purchases, the Investment Dealers Association and the exchanges have established what is called a “minimum margin requirement.” … Continue Reading →

Margin Buying Power

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• 21 August, 2013
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Margin Buying Power is the amount of money an investor has available to buy securities in a margin account. It is the total cash held by the investor in a … Continue Reading →

Nikkei 225 History

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• 17 May, 2013
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