Working capital requirements for brokerage firms to go up from Aug 1st 2022

We want to be in a state where square-offs are instant if margins are negative. We will continue to give enough time for mark-to-market losses, but the plan is to not give for margin increase as the customer is willingly allowing the account to go negative balance. The second solution is to not allow exiting long positions that can increase margins and push the account into a debit balance. The second solution is tougher and will take some time to implement, but definitely a better solution both for the customer and us.

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