Re:HSBC bans customers from buying Bitcoin-backer MicroStrat...
by codetrotter on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:06AM
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Note, the page you linked to requires login.
Re:HSBC bans customers from buying Bitcoin-backer MicroStrat...
by perl4ever on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @06:48PM
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Well, here is a public page (with just GME) that proves the point that they can and do apply requirements to individual stocks, anyway:
https://www.tdameritrade.com/td-ameritrade-trading-restricti...
Here's another with GME and AMC:
https://www.schwab.com/margin-updates
But there are also lots of others you never heard of, that aren't mentioned.
That is absolutely not the case in a categorical sense.
Brokers can and do apply different margin requirements on a stock by stock or customer by customer basis. There's nothing out of the ordinary about a security not being marginable or having increased requirements due to risk assessment.
For example, here is a list of stocks at one broker with particular margin requirements, and it says it "changes frequently":
https://invest.ameritrade.com/cgi-bin/apps/u/MarginReq
Given that there are hundreds starting with "A", I'd assume the entire list is in the thousands, of securities that have individual margin requirements.
I think in fact the ticker GBTC which is a trust that owns Bitcoin isn't marginable.