The phrase "amount of margin" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the quantity or extent of margin in contexts such as finance, design, or printing.
Example: "The amount of margin we have for this project will determine how much we can invest in marketing."
Alternatives: "level of margin" or "extent of margin".
As to commodities accounts, some MF Global clients now regret keeping more than the minimum amount of margin at the brokerage.
One part of the act targets "market speculators" and aims to reduce their ability to gamble on the energy markets by upping the amount of margin – or collateral – they put up with the exchanges to make bets.
"We believe that nothing justifies this substantial amount of margin calls received in such a short period of time, particularly as there has been no change in the underlying fundamentals of our portfolio," the company said in its statement.
The amount of margin financing, whereby investors borrow from brokers and put up extra collateral if the price moves against them, has more than quintupled over the past year to 2 trillion yuan ($325 billion).
Competition suits customers, but it also carries the risk that clearing-houses will water down standards on the amount of margin they demand, for instance to win deals.That feeds worries about the other effect of lots more clearing: a new concentration of risk.
The amount of margin needed in futures will vary from product to product.
Paul Horsnell: I don't think it does because market is moving on relatively small amounts of margin.
While some provide welcome services to take risk on media buys to provide alternative pricing models like cost per click (CPC) or cost per sale or acquisition (CPA), many others simply obfuscate the true price of media and tack on huge amounts of margin because their customers don't know or don't want to know.
While the dollar amount of the margin calls was relatively small, the announcement underscored how the recent spasms in the credit markets continue to spread.
For example, a brokerage account's value will be reduced by the amount of any margin accounts secured by the investments.
With the margin calls yield ing only frozen mutual fund shares to the lending banks, U.S.I.F. is obligated under its agreement to issue certificates in double the amount of the margin loans or $62‐million— to the banks.
