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📖 Margin & Collateral

Notes on the credit lifecycle in a brokerage — not ratio formulas but invariants: collateral & haircuts, pre-order reservation, mark-to-market valuation, loan interest accrual, margin calls, forced liquidation, exceptions and the audit trail of every decision.

Sources: hands-on margin-lending system notes · public brokerage margin documentation · risk-management literature.