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Initial margin

(1) Amount of money deposited by both buyers and sellers of futures contracts to ensure performance of the terms of the contract; (2) amount of cash or eligible securities required to be deposited with a broker before engaging in margin transactions.

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In a volatile market, investors who put up an initial margin payment for stock may be required to provide additional cash if the price of stock falls, Yang said.

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For Treasury bonds held by your broker, the maximum initial margin is 90%.

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The Board would expect that if the SROs were given responsibility for initial margins on equities, they would replace the existing requirements with more risk-sensitive standards.

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