In a cash account, all trades must be settled in cash on the settlement date, which occurs two days after the trade date for most securities. A margin account, however, is quite different. If you ...

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A margin call occurs when the value of securities in a brokerage account falls below a certain level, known as the maintenance margin, requiring the account holder to deposit additional cash or ...

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A margin account is a brokerage account in which the broker lends the customer cash to purchase stocks or other financial products. Margin is a higher-risk method of using leverage to enhance returns ...