A 1/2 day program designed to provide an understanding of the provisions of Regulation T with respect to cash and margin accounts and New York Stock Exchange Rule 431 - maintenance margin. This program can be extended to include additional coverage of margin requirements for options and debt securities.
- Regulation T
- The history and general provisions of Regulation T.
- Cash account - the provisions of a cash account
are fully explained, including:
- Sufficient funds in account.
- Good faith agreement to pay within 5 days.
- DVP/COD accounts.
- 90 day restriction ("freeze").
- Sales and paragraph (m) of Rule 15c3-3.
- Extensions of time.
- "Free riding" prohibited.
- Margin account
- Purpose of a margin account.
- Reg T definitions.
- Equity and deficit.
- Required margin.
- Margin deficiency and excess.
- Margin call.
- Selling short / "shorting the box"
- Special memorandum account.
- Permitted entries.
- How a SMA works in conjunction with a margin account.
- The history and general provisions of Regulation T.
- Maintenance margin
- NYSE Rule 431 explained.
- How maintenance margin works in conjunction with Regulation T ("initial" or "fed" requirements).
- Maintenance margin for listed puts and calls.
- Day trader margin requirements.
- NYSE Rule 431 explained.
- Case problem - an interactive case problem where the instructor and students compute Regulation T margin, SMA, margin calls, maintenance margin, and "house" requirements for a series of transactions in one account over a period of several days. This will illustrate how "Federal", maintenance, and "house" margin requirements work together.
All training programs and seminars can be customized to meet the specific goals of your organization.
- Understanding the Securities Industry and Securities Settlement and Clearance
- Introduction to the Uniform Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1)
- Introduction to Possession or Control and the Customer Reserve Formula (Rule 15c3-3)
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