Re:Robinhood stock trading app valued at $1.3B with big rais...
by nicholas73 on Saturday April 01, 2017 @10:51AM
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They don't, or shouldn't have to. Brokers that offer generous margins do something typical brokers do not - they auto-liquidate when you fall below minimum maintenance margin. Most retail brokers would give you a friendly phone call and let you liquidate the next day or so.
Next, forex markets are so heavily traded they have a virtual guaranteed stop. That is, if you set the order you will get it filled no worse than that price.
The only way a broker gets hit is a sudden currency drop, like the Swiss franc did a few years back.
500:1 leverage sounds so crazy I wouldn't be surprised if it's used as a money laundering vector.