Source: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/margin-call

# Margin call
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/margin-call
Last modified: 2026-10-17

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](https://mochatrade.com/learn/start-here/nvidia-trade-walkthrough). Elsewhere, [a fund at its margin limit is a forced seller](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/who-moves-us-stocks). [Margin on Mochatrade](https://mochatrade.com/support/how-leverage-and-margin-work-on-mochatrade).

## Related terms

- Liquidation price: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/liquidation-price
- Liquidation / forced square-off: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/liquidation-forced-square-off
- Position sizing: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/position-sizing
- Margin trading: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/margin-trading
- Buying power: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/buying-power
- Mark price: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/mark-price

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