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by argonaut 1776 days ago
Every brokerage has those terms. Even Credit Suisse in this article had this right over Archegos's positions - they just were too scared to exercise it.
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Of course. IBKR has lower rates and approves more easily, therefore they will be much more trigger happy. CS timidly emailed about potentially discussing margin rate adjustments, IBKR can liquidate your positions for instantaneous margin violations without warning or a margin call. The assumption is your leveraged position is hedged well enough to protect against untimely margin calls, and the cost of hedging is roughly equivalent to the nominal margin rate savings they offer.