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[jufel]

A Margin Call happens when you borrow money from your broker to buy/short Stocks and your investment goes against you . When it surpass an overinvestment of say 25%. The broker will ask you to put money to cover the call else the broker will sell any stock available from you and sell it at bid price until they restore the capital borrowed. Hope it helps

check this link for a better expalnation
http://www.investopedia.com/university/margin/margin2.asp