{"id":5,"date":"2009-09-03T18:59:38","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T18:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyma.com\/faq\/margin-requirements-questions\/"},"modified":"2010-02-09T01:51:08","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T01:51:08","slug":"margin-requirements-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dailyma.com\/faq\/margin-requirements-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Margin Requirements Question 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q: I noticed that in the video mod4 trade selection IWM, the margin required before the trade is filled is $488.  As soon as the order is filled, the margin requirement drops to zero. Can you please explain how  this happens. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: I haven&#8217;t reviewed the video you refer to but I believe this is the reason:<\/p>\n<p>Long options do not have margin requirements &#8211; you purchase them &#8211; so when the analyze tab shows $488 &#8216;margin&#8217; it&#8217;s not actually margin but a reduction in buying power instead.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why after the trade is placed you do not see a margin<br \/>\n&#8211; it goes into your account and the your buying power is reduced by the cost of the option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I noticed that in the video mod4 trade selection IWM, the margin required before the trade is filled is $488. As soon as the order is filled, the margin requirement drops to zero. Can you please explain how this happens. A: I haven&#8217;t reviewed the video you refer to but I believe this is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dailyma.com\/faq\/margin-requirements-questions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Margin Requirements Question 1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-margin-requirements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dailyma.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dailyma.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dailyma.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dailyma.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dailyma.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/dailyma.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dailyma.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dailyma.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dailyma.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}