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Trading

Margin

The collateral you put up to open a leveraged trading position. If your margin drops below a certain level due to losses, you face a margin call or liquidation. Margin trading lets you borrow against your existing holdings to make bigger trades.

Example

He deposited $2,000 as margin to open a 3x leveraged position worth $6,000.

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