Wild price swings could make it impossible for smaller brokerage firms to
meet their margin calls which would make them to fail.
Not exact matches
You may not be entitled to choose
which securities or other assets in your accounts are liquidated or sold to
meet a
margin call.
You are not entitled to choose
which security in your
margin account is liquidated or sold to
meet a
margin call.
If the stock price falls, you must be able to
meet a possible
margin call, liquidate a portion of your assets, or face having your brokerage firm decide
which of your assets to sell.
However, even if we have contacted a customer and provided a specific date by
which the customer can
meet a
margin call, we can still take necessary steps to protect its financial interests, including immediately selling the securities without notice to the customer.
I started getting
margin calls which I was able to handle but could have been very bad if I wasn't able to
meet the
margin requirements.
[Ron] Beller [of failed hedge fund manager Peloton] wrote to his investors: «Because of their own well - publicised issues, credit providers have been severely tightening terms without regard to the creditworthiness or track record of individual firms,
which has... made it impossible to
meet margin calls.»