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What is a margin utilization and how is it calculated?

Margin utilization is a percentage of available funds reserved for maintaining margin positions and is calculated as shown below.

Margin utilization = ((Maintenance margin reserved) / (Account Value - Not available as margin collateral)) * 100

Example:

14.33 % ≈ ((-194,435.41) / (1.357.392,95 - 446,60)) * 100

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