Margin Call
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
Margin call takes place when investor's margin account falls below the required amount to stay afloat. It is the process where the broker (or in crypto, the platform or exchange) ask the investor to deposit additional money or securities to bring up the investor's account the minimum value or better known as maintenance margin.
Related Terms
Total Supply
All the tokens and coins that will exist in a cryptocurrency network.
Derivatives
A financial instrument which derives its value from the performance of an underlying asset or index (eg. gold, crude oil)
Private Keys
The alphanumeric string which allows transactions from the cryptocurrency address
Market capitalization (market cap)
In Crypto, market cap is measured by multiplication of the circulating supply of tokens or currency and its current price
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