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viknesh
on Dec 19, 2022
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Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]
Margin calls are designed to stop the broker from losing money, not the customer.
stanleydrew
on Dec 19, 2022
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The broker only loses money if the customer loses money though. So their interests are aligned. The broker doesn't want a customer to get wiped out, which is exactly the point of margin requirements.
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