What is a margin call in US Stock Leverage?

A margin call is a situation where your equity is at 70% of your used margin or below. This situation will occur if the price of the asset you purchased has dropped to a level where your equity is at 70% or below. Once you are margin called, you cannot open new positions, however, you can still sell your position.

To exit a margin call, you must raise your margin level (the equity-to-margin ratio) back to 100%. There are two ways to increase your equity:
- Add funds to your leverage account to restore the margin level to 100%. You can do this by transferring funds from your USD or IDR balance.
- Close your open leveraged positions until your equity-to-margin ratio returns to 100%.