Leverage schedule
By trading on margin, you are essentially taking a l or equity. This means that as your account equity changes, the amount that you can borrow will also change. Our Leverage Schedule is based on the daily starting cash value of your account.
Commissions
Buying Power allotted
4X Starting Cash
Minimum equity requirement
If your Standard Account cash balance falls below $100, your account will be liquidated from any position(s) being held, your trading permissions will be removed and your trading account will be deactivated until the balance is above $100.
Margin requirements
Margin trading allows you to borrow against your existing holdings, leveraging them to take additional positions. Mondeum Capital (UK)’s rules-based margin requirements place predefined and static calculations that are applied to each position or groups of positions. For your knowledge these rules are listed below. Mondeum Capital (UK) urges all clients to be mindful of these requirements when trading. Note that Mondeum Capital (UK) reserves the right to modify certain margin policies to adjust for unprecedented volatility and risk in financial markets in order to see that margin accounts remain within the firm’s risk parameters.
We are focused on realistic and forward-looking approaches to risk management. We strongly encourage all clients to monitor this page for updates regarding margin policy changes.
- Initial Margin Requirement: 25%
- Minimum Equity Requirement: $100
Maintenance margin
A Maintenance Margin of 5% is required for stocks priced at >$1. A client is always required to have at least 5% of the market value of their position as cash to hold the position. A client’s position will be liquidated to cash if they approach and breach this value
* In the interest of the continued safety of its clients, Mondeum Capital (UK) may modify certain margin policies to adjust for unprecedented volatility in financial markets. The changes will promote reduction of leverage in client portfolios and help see that clients’ accounts are appropriately capitalised.
* Accounts that fail to meet the above requirements will be liquidated in its entirety and incur a $25 margin call fee.
* All liquidations are subject to the normal commission schedule and may occur at times that are not opportune.
* Leverage magnifies the results of trading, whether favourable or unfavourable. It can result in losses greater than the amount invested. Mondeum Capital (UK) urges all clients to use caution when trading on margin.
Minimum equity requirement
cPro Accounts: If your Active Account cash balance falls below $100, your account can be liquidated from any position(s) being held, your live trading permissions will be removed and your trading account will be deactivated until the balance is above $100.
DAS & Sterling Accounts: If your Active Account cash balance falls below $500, your leverage will be removed and your account will be converted to cash-only trades.
If your Active Account cash balance falls below $350, your account will be liquidated from any position(s) being held, your trading permissions will be removed and your trading account will be deactivated until the balance is above $350.
Leverage schedule
By trading on margin, you are essentially taking a loan against your holdings or equity. This means that as your account equity changes, the amount that you can borrow will also change. Our Leverage Schedule is based on the daily starting cash value of your account.
cPro
- Cash Balance > $100; Leverage = 4:1
DAS & Sterling
- Cash Balance <= $500; Leverage=1:1 (cash only)
- Cash Balance > $500; Leverage = 4:1
MARGIN POLICIES (IM)
cPro
- If opening Stock Price <= $1; 100% Initial Margin Req (1:1 cash only)
- If opening Stock Price > $1; 25% Initial Margin Req (4:1)
DAS & Sterling
- Cash Balance <= $500
- 100% Initial Margin Requirement (1:1 cash only)
- Cash Balance > $500
- If opening Stock Price <= $1; 100% Initial Margin Req (1:1 cash only)
- If opening Stock Price > $1; 25% Initial Margin Req (4:1)
Maintenance margin
A Maintenance Margin of 5% is required for stocks priced at >$1. A client is always required to have at least 5% of the market value of their position as cash to hold the position. A client’s position will be liquidated to cash if they approach and breach this value
Selling short stocks*
With Mondeum Capital (UK), clients can borrow from our extensive list of stocks to short. A stock can either be Hard to Borrow (HTB) or Easy to Borrow (ETB). Clients who wish to short HTB stocks can utilize Mondeum Capital (UK)’s Stock Locate service via the DAS Trader Pro and Sterling Trader Pro platforms to place locate requests. All short locate requests are valid for same-day trading, and new locate requests are required for each trading day. Any approved locate that is not used the same day expires at the end of the trading day.
Each locate request will be given a per share rate, dependent on the stock. For example, a locate request for 100 shares of ABC stock may receive a rate of $.05 per share. If you accept, you will be charged a $5 locate fee whether you trade the stock or not. Locate requests also incur a $25 service charge. This means for locating 100 shares ABC, you have incurred a $30 fee. You can then choose if and when to actually execute a short on the stock. For shorts held overnight, you will incur a Short Position Overnight Fee of 0.5% the market value of the position.
Stock loan
With Mondeum Capital (UK), once a client borrows stock for shorting and the short position is held overnight, a stock loan fee is applied.
The Stock Loan fee is a variable fee applied by the clearing firm(s) based on their inventory of the stocks shorted daily which is passed on to the client. This is separate from the intra-day stock locate charges and overnight margin interest.
* A short position being held overnight cannot exceed 10% of an account’s value.