To calculate the leverage used, divide the total value of your open positions by the
total margin balance in your account.
These risks include the following: You are responsible for maintaining an
excess margin balance on a daily basis.
Cobra Trading charges a low 4.00 % margin rate on
margin balances of $ 1.00 or $ 1,000,000.00.
The interest rate
on margin balances with my broker is 1.58 % right now, so I could borrow another 12K, withdraw my 24K from my brokerage account, and significantly pay down some of my private student loan debt and in fact pay off some of the debt with the highest interest rate.
If you already hold large positions or have certain kinds of premium accounts, you may not be required to put up a
large margin balance, but if you can't satisfy a margin call, the broker would reserve the right to liquidate whatever they choose of your holdings to cover it.
While BitMEX will snap users»
margin balances at the time of the fork in case they decide to distribute, there is no guarantee that it will be safe, desirable, or practical to do so.
Coinsetter, recently announced the release of what is, by far, the most highly requested feature in their history: margin trading and shorting of Bitcoin extended to all customers, with up to 5X leverage and interest - free margin and trading with margin by posting collateral of as low as 20 % of
the margin balance added to an account.
Now, if the price of IBM shares increases by $ 5 on the first day, the profit earned of $ (5 * 100) = $ 500 gets directly added to
the margin balance of the trader and the margin balance becomes $ (1244 +500) = $ 1744, which is a good return on capital.
* If
your margin balance exceeds $ 1,000,000.00 please contact us for special margin pricing.
(Comparison based on 9/7/16 posted margin rates and based on a $ 100,000
margin balance.
For starters, you'll pay interest on
the margin balance, and that can be as high as 8 % for some brokers.
Today, another agent claimed that someone would have to review my records for each trading day to verify my claim that there was
no margin balance (though it took me a four minutes to check; not four days).
Your margin account information will be displayed on
the Margin balance detail screen when you log on to your account.
The margin balance along with any additional gains is returned to the holder, or credited towards the holder's loss.
Additionally available on this page are
your margin balances; including initial and maintenance requirements, total equity and your trading power.
Analyzing the likely motives of other classes of investors (
margin balances, short interest, etc..)