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8 Post author: Douglas_Knight 02 September 2015 10:24PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 03 September 2015 01:21:36AM 3 points [-]

is that they don't allow margin trading

What you are describing is called "netting".

Margin trading is when the broker actually lends you money and the securities you buy with it are the collateral for the loan.

Comment author: Anders_H 03 September 2015 01:51:04AM *  1 point [-]

Thank you - Edited. I was convinced that "margin trading" was the lingo that people used at Intrade. Either users of that site had their own non-standard terminology, or my memory is faulty. Either way, I hope it makes more sense now.