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Re: SevenTenEleven post# 2504

Tuesday, 03/22/2011 1:15:22 PM

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 1:15:22 PM

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Janice, do market makers have the same margin requirements when they are shorting to create a market?

No. But if they want to take a short position for purposes unrelated to making a market, they have to do so in a proprietary account, which will be subject to margin and maintenance.

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