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Margin accounts must maintain at least $25,000 in equity to qualify for 4x intraday leverage.

Leverage availability may be reduced or restricted based on account activity, concentration, volatility, or risk controls

Overnight leverage may differ from intraday leverage

New margin accounts generally begin with up to 2x leverage, subject to applicable margin and risk requirements.

Important:

Accounts that maintain at least $25,000 in equity may be eligible to apply for 4x intraday leverage

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A margin call occurs when your account does not meet applicable margin requirements. This may result from a maintenance margin deficiency, a Regulation T (Reg T) initial margin deficiency, or other margin-related requirements, depending on account activity and positions held.

A Good Faith Violation occurs in a cash account when a security is sold before the purchase is fully paid for with settled funds.

Buying power is the amount of capital available in your account to open new positions.

If a margin call is not met, TradeZero may liquidate positions without notice to bring the account back into compliance.

Yes. Stocks priced under $5.00 are marginable, but they have specific margin requirements when shorted.

Day trading: $3.00 per share minimum margin requirement

Overnight positions: $5.00 per share minimum margin requirement

Margin requirements may change at any time based on factors such as:

Stocks priced below $3.00 are not marginable.

These securities cannot be purchased on margin

They cannot be used as collateral for margin

If a stock you hold falls below $3.00, it will no longer contribute to your account’s margin equity

This may reduce your buying power and could impact your margin requirements

You must maintain at least $2,000 in equity to have and use a margin account.

If your account falls below $2,000, it will not generate margin buying power

Margin buying power will be restored once your equity is brought back to $2,000 or more

Your buying power updates at 4:00 AM ET for the new trading day.

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