Re:Robinhood is said to draw on bank credit lines amid tumult
by JumpCrisscross on Friday January 29, 2021 @01:39AM
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> Why doesn't that collateral apply to sales, which were still allowed on rh?
It does, ceteris paribus [1]. But blocking people from exiting a position you got them into, particularly something volatile and almost self-identifying as a bubble asset, is a lot more problematic than blocking people from opening new positions.
[1] The OCC (options) nets. If you have a large collateral requirement in a position and then reduce the size of that position with offsetting contracts, your collateral requirement goes down. I don't remember if the DTCC (stock and other things) does this.
It does, ceteris paribus [1]. But blocking people from exiting a position you got them into, particularly something volatile and almost self-identifying as a bubble asset, is a lot more problematic than blocking people from opening new positions.
[1] The OCC (options) nets. If you have a large collateral requirement in a position and then reduce the size of that position with offsetting contracts, your collateral requirement goes down. I don't remember if the DTCC (stock and other things) does this.