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

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

Margin interest is what a US broker charges, daily, on cash it lends you to buy shares. A perpetual contract has no loan and no margin interest; its holding cost is [funding, paid between traders](https://mochatrade.com/support/mochatrade-trading-fees-and-funding-rates-explained), which [one held position shows landing](https://mochatrade.com/learn/start-here/nvidia-trade-walkthrough).

## Related terms

- Overnight financing / swap fee: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/overnight-financing-swap-fee
- Margin trading: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/margin-trading
- Notional value: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/notional-value
- Cost of carry: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cost-of-carry
- Perpetual futures: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/perpetual-futures
- Short selling: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/short-selling

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