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Strategies & Market Trends : Margin Calls - Share The Pain -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: FNS who wrote (52)	12/1/2000 5:43:52 AM
From: daffodil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 158

How much stock is released to SMA when stock is sold? The amount released is equal to the firm's maintenance requirement. If the firm has imposed a higher maintenance equity requirement on certain stocks, then that is the amount that will be released when the stock is sold. At Fidelity, for instance, selling PALM will release 60%, CS or QCOM 50%, and COMS 40%, I believe... However, selling off options first is recommended cause you release dollar for dollar! Does Fidelity publish their margin requirements on their website? Both generally and on specific stocks?