Margin call

A margin call is a broker's demand for more funds when your account falls below the required margin; ignore it and positions are closed. On a venue that liquidates automatically there is no call, because the liquidation price is on the panel before you click. Elsewhere, a fund at its margin limit is a forced seller. Margin on Mochatrade.

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In the help centreSee how leverage and margin work on Mochatrade
  • Liquidation priceThe liquidation price is where the venue closes your leveraged position, computed from entry, leverage and margin…
  • Liquidation / forced square-offLiquidation, or forced square-off, is the venue closing a leveraged position because the margin can no longer cover…
  • Position sizingPosition sizing is deciding how much to trade: the rupees you are willing to lose divided by the distance from entry…
  • Margin tradingMargin trading is taking a position larger than your deposit, the margin. A US broker lends you cash at interest; on a…
  • Buying powerBuying power is the position value your free margin can open at the allowed leverage: ₹20,000 at 10x is ₹2,00,000. It…
  • Mark priceThe mark price is the price a venue judges your position by, for unrealised profit and liquidation, built from the…

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