[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":58},["ShallowReactive",2],{"term:margin":3},{"term":4,"related":45},{"id":5,"title":6,"body":7,"category":27,"description":28,"extension":29,"faq":30,"meta":31,"navigation":32,"path":33,"related":34,"seo":38,"stem":39,"takeaways":40,"__hash__":44},"terms\u002Fterms\u002Fmargin.md","Buying on Margin",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":22},"minimark",[10,15,19],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"understanding-buying-on-margin","Understanding Buying on Margin",[16,17,18],"p",{},"Margin lets you control more securities than your cash alone would buy. In the U.S., Federal Reserve rules generally limit initial borrowing to 50% of the purchase price.",[16,20,21],{},"If your account value falls below the maintenance requirement, the broker issues a margin call: you must add cash or securities, or the broker may sell your holdings without asking.",{"title":23,"searchDepth":24,"depth":24,"links":25},"",2,[26],{"id":13,"depth":24,"text":14},"trading","Borrowing money from a broker to buy securities, using your investments as collateral.","md",[],{},true,"\u002Fterms\u002Fmargin",[35,36,37],"leverage","short-selling","volatility",{"title":6,"description":28},"terms\u002Fmargin",[41,42,43],"Margin is a loan from your broker to buy securities.","It magnifies both gains and losses.","Margin calls can force sales at bad prices.","fW5zWZpTCdD50-kmEDH_mFln0jGXGidxz_n1-dbTNIs",[46,50,54],{"title":47,"description":48,"path":49},"Leverage","Using borrowed money or derivatives to increase the size of an investment.","\u002Fterms\u002Fleverage",{"title":51,"description":52,"path":53},"Short Selling","Selling borrowed shares in the hope of buying them back later at a lower price.","\u002Fterms\u002Fshort-selling",{"title":55,"description":56,"path":57},"Volatility","How widely an asset's price swings over time.","\u002Fterms\u002Fvolatility",1793374004714]