STEPHEN H. GLAD
Educational programs for the Securities Industry and Financial Institutions



    UNDERSTANDING MARGIN REQUIREMENTS


    Can be designed as a 1/2 or full day program which will provide an understanding of the provisions of Regulation T with respect to cash and margin accounts and maintenance margin requirements of FINRA.
  • 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 one payment period.
        • 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.
        • Special memorandum account.
          • Permitted entries.
          • How a SMA works in conjunction with a margin account.

  • Maintenance margin

    • NYSE Rule 431 (NASD Rule 2520) explained.

    • Maintenance margin requirements for equity securities.
    • How maintenance margin works in conjunction with Regulation T ("initial" or "fed" requirements).

    • Maintenance margin for listed puts and calls.

    • Day trader margin requirements.

  • 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.


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Contents last revised on 12/13/09
(c) Stephen H. Glad 2007