cross margining

cross margining definition - finance
The procedure for margining related futures or option contracts and stocks together when different clearinghouses are clearing each side of the position. Cross margining allows traders to apply the same margin funds to different trading positions.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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