Margin trading

Hi all

For stock leverage trading, in case of the increasing stock price , whether the trader has the right to withdraw a portion of initial margin? if yes, which is the maximum withdraw amount?

Thanks

Yes, you can withdraw excess margin.

I do not know whether it’s down to the maintenance margin or down only to the initial margin. My suspicion is that it’s down only to the initial margin; otherwise, everyone would post the initial margin today, then withdraw the money down to the maintenance margin tomorrow.

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this is what the SEC says regarding margin withdrawal.

https://www.sec.gov/rules/final/34-46292.htm#II_I
this is from 2002. maybe things have changed a little (in which case there should be a page on the SEC clarifying the changes in regulation)

btw, what is a special margin requirement?