Option margin is the cash or securities an investor must deposit in their account as collateral before writing—or selling—options. Margin requirements are established by the Federal Reserve Board in ...

In the new world of free trading on stocks and ETFs, online brokerages appear to be making up for some of their lost revenue through higher volumes of risky bets investors are making via options and ...

Margin rule change aims to enhance capital efficiencies when writing cash-settled index options against ETFs based on the same index Enables traders to use cash-settled index options as an efficient ...

Also known as initial calls, this type of margin call occurs when an investor cannot meet the minimum margin requirement for a purchase as stipulated by Regulation T. This provision states that an ...

Most stock traders know all about margin. You can buy stock and pay 50%, borrowing the other 50% on margin. This is great leverage as long as the price rises, but a much bigger risk if the stock price ...

CHICAGO, March 20, 2023 – Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world’s leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today announced the introduction of enhanced margin treatment for ...