maintenance margin

maintenance margin
The minimum level at which the equity in a futures account must be maintained. If the equity in an account falls below this level, a margin call will be issued, and funds must be added to bring the account back to the initial margin level. The maintenance margin level generally is 75% of the initial margin requirement. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary
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The dollar amount required to be kept at the OCC throughout the life of an option contract; percentage of the dollar amount of securities that must always be kept as margin. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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See maintenance performance bond. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary
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An alternative method of margining often used in the United States. When a position is opened, initial margin is called in the usual way and is credited to a maintenance margin account. However, variation margin debits and credits are not payable/paid daily but are debited and credited directly against the maintenance margin account. When the balance in the account falls below a predetermined level (normally around two thirds of the initial margin payment), the customer must fund the account back up to the initial margin level. Such a system is also sometimes operated by brokers in the UK for their customers. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary
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The minimum margin which an investor must keep on deposit in a margin account at all times. Exchange Handbook Glossary

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   The lowest balance of funds that a clearing house or brokerage firm will allow a counterparty, or the person on the other side of a deal, when trading on margin.
   ► See also Margin, Margin Trading.

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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