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  <title id="t">What is margin?</title>
  <desc id="d">Diagram of margin: an investor putting up part of a position and borrowing the rest from a broker to amplify exposure.</desc>
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  <text x="44" y="60" font-size="25" font-weight="800" fill="#0F172A">What Is Margin?</text>
  <text x="44" y="92" font-size="14.5" fill="#5A6578">Margin is borrowing from your broker to buy more than your cash allows. It amplifies gains and losses,</text>
  <text x="44" y="113" font-size="14.5" fill="#5A6578">and forced selling in fear.</text>
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  <text x="179.0" y="239" font-size="12" font-weight="700" fill="#CBE5F7" text-anchor="middle">Cash only</text>
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  <text x="410" y="273" font-size="13.5" fill="#334155" text-anchor="middle">Borrowed funds from a broker to trade larger than your cash. More margin, more risk.</text>
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  <text x="44" y="321" font-size="12.5" fill="#5A6578">Source: <tspan font-weight="700" fill="#0F172A">CFGI</tspan></text>
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