The Federal Reserve Board made it illegal after the Great Depression to buy new issues (Initial Public Offerings, or IPOs) using margin, or credit, from IPO debut date and for 30 days after the IPO's first day of public trading.
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When currency traders buy on margin they borrow money from their broker. They do this in order to make a larger currency purchase.
Buying on margin, taking a "margin" loan from the broker to help buy part of a stock purchaseMargin call, this happens when the broker demands full payment of your "margin" loan
Buying on margin
Margin means you're borrowing money to buy stock. It's also one of the few ways you can lose more in the stock market than you invested in the first place.
Margin = (Selling Price - Cost) / Selling Price