Margin maintenance calls can happen for a variety of reasons, including a decline in the value of your holdings, ACH reversals, or options assignments. If you get a margin maintenance call, you need to bring your portfolio value excluding any cryptocurrency positions back up to your minimum margin maintenance requirement, or you risk Robinhood having to liquidate your position s to bring your portfolio value excluding any cryptocurrency positions back above your margin maintenance requirement.
Copy link to clipboard How do I avoid a margin call? Copy link to clipboard What do I do if I get a margin maintenance call? There are a number of ways to resolve a margin call: You can deposit additional funds or initiate an account transfer to increase your portfolio value above the margin maintenance requirement excluding any cryptocurrency positions.
You may choose to sell some of your securities to cover the required amount. The proceeds from the sales can help cover your margin call. This may allow you to avoid depositing additional funds. Keep in mind that you may also sell non-marginable positions such as options or cryptocurrency to cover your maintenance call. Note Cryptocurrency positions cannot be traded on margin. Disclosures All investments involve risk including loss of principal.
No investments are FDIC insured. All examples are hypothetical and do not reflect actual or anticipated results. Content is provided for informational purposes only; it does not constitute investment advice and is not a recommendation for any security, account type or feature, or trading strategy. Past performance does not guarantee future results. After the liquidation is complete, subject to the liquidation fee, all remaining proceeds will become available in your Margin Wallet.
Liquidation Fee will be charged on the orders needed to liquidate a position. The fee is a flat 0. Weight and Weighted Margin Score An overall weighted margin score is for validating new position openings. A weight will be applied to the respective coin collateral for the calculations of overall weighted margin score. The lower the weight leads to a lower weighted margin score, meaning a higher collateral may be needed to place a new open order.
This weight will not impact margin call and liquidation.