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Re:Robinhood is said to draw on bank credit lines amid tumult by saddlerustle on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:58PM (#25952637)
There were allegations RH did a large sell-off today of client's margin positions today presumably in order meet collateral requirements. It's possible they realised it'd really not be in their client's interest to telegraph that ahead of time.
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Re:Robinhood is said to draw on bank credit lines amid tumult by onlyrealcuzzo on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:12PM (#25953317)
Can a broker margin call whenever it wants? I would imagine this is regulated and there are specific circumstances.
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