- Industry: Financial services
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Merrill Lynch Online accounts in good standing (i.e., without any trading restrictions) and meeting certain Total Portfolio Value thresholds may be subject to a courtesy trading adjustment.
This adjustment will be reflected in the maximum trade value. This will also enable you to trade at higher levels than your regular computed maximum trade value as defined in the glossary under Maximum Trade Value. Therefore, utilizing the maximum trade value for trading may require additional funds and/or marginable securities to be deposited into your account by due date of the commitment(s).
Industry:Financial services
Indicates the repurchase of previously sold contracts or shares, known as covering a short position. Short covering is synonymous with liquidating a short position, no longer expecting that stock to drop in value.
Industry:Financial services
Selling a call option contract to open when the account holds the underlying security.
Industry:Financial services
A strategy in which one sells call options while simultaneously owning an equivalent position in the underlying security or strategy in which one sells put options and simultaneously is short an equivalent position in the underlying security.
Industry:Financial services
A covered option contract is backed by the shares underlying the option. An uncovered option contract is not backed by the shares underlying the option. An uncovered option is also called a naked option. A put may be covered when it is backed by sufficient cash to purchase stock upon assignment.
Industry:Financial services
The loan value of the pledged collateral less outstanding loan balances, accrued finance charges and any outstanding letters of credit.
Industry:Financial services
The amount of money held in your margin account after all trading commitments and other financial obligations have been paid in full.
Industry:Financial services
Identifies if an account is a cash account, margin account, or Flexible Credit account.
Industry:Financial services
