New margin requirements April 2, 2007

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Subject Author Date New margin requirements April 2, 2007 Gregory Bloom 02-19-2007
Posted by Gregory Bloom on February 19, 2007, 11:47 am The SEC has approved new margin requirements that will go into effect on April 2nd. The new margin calculations determine required margin by stressing an entire portfolio by +/- 15% to see how much real risk there is. It allows inclusion of single-stock futures, options and stocks in the same risk/margin calculation. So the question I have is whether a collar that consists of a long SSF, long ATM put and short OTM call will have *zero* margin requirement provided the long put is at or above the strike of the SSF. Anybody know? Similar Threads Posted Re: low margin August 9, 2007, 11:40 pm Re: Low margin March 1, 2008, 8:47 pm Re: low margin March 1, 2008, 8:50 pm Margin of safety October 5, 2007, 1:10 am What securities can I use for margin October 30, 2006, 4:39 pm Financial and Technical Analysis for Traders ( Trading ) ( Stock Market) Software PART2 ( out of 6 ), 2007-2004, updated 2007-12-01, EuroTrader for TS + Manual, Guppytraders Essentials Charting 3.0, MultiCharts 2.0, NexGen T-3 ProTrader, Time Charger f December 2, 2007, 1:53 pm FOREX Margin Trading with as little as $100 February 26, 2008, 1:29 pm PLEASE HELP! (Margin Account Question) November 2, 2006, 1:51 pm Margin call on an infrequently tarded contract October 11, 2008, 5:17 am Technical Analysis ( Trading ) 2007-2004, PART2 ( out of 6 ), the latest collection, updated 2007-12-23, Tradestation 8.3 + OwnData 2.6, MTPredictor for TS, MTPredictor for Ninja, ProfitSource 3.4 & Tutorials, Financial and Technical Analysis for Trade December 23, 2007, 9:57 pm