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What you see
- Equity is falling toward the margin in use.
- Margin level, which is equity divided by used margin, is near the account’s margin call percentage.
- Free margin is at or near zero: no new position can be opened.
Why it happens
It is arithmetic. Positions too large for the account leave little room for the price to move. The call is not a cause of the loss; it reports it.
What traders check next
- The account’s margin call and stop out levels, which are published in its conditions.
- Which position is using the most margin and losing the most.
- The three things that raise margin level: closing or reducing a position, adding funds, or the price recovering. Only the first two are in the trader’s hands.
Where people go wrong
- Adding funds to defend a position that was too large to begin with.
- Opening an opposite position instead of closing: the cost continues and the problem stays.
- Waiting, in the hope of a recovery, until the stop out makes the decision.
Questions people ask
- What is the difference between a margin call and a stop out?
- A margin call is the warning. A stop out is the automatic closing of positions at a lower margin level.
- How is a margin call avoided?
- By size. A position that is small relative to the account needs a very large move to bring margin level down.
The words on this page
An explanation for study. It is not advice, a recommendation or a forecast, and a pattern or a situation described here says nothing certain about what a price will do next.