Day Trading Margin Rules - Online

This module contains a brief overview of the margin rules for day-trading. Then it will look specifically at margin rules for day-trading options, including how to calculate margin requirements for option day-trades

This course replicates the content from lesson 6 of Margin II: Advanced Margin for Options - Online

This is an asynchronous eLearning course that can be accessed 24/7 from any internet enabled computer. Subscription period for this course is 90 days.


Anyone day trading in margin accounts.
Students will be able to:
  • Recall day-trading margin rules for equities
  • Identify day-trading margin rules for options
  • Determine margin requirements for more than one option day-trade in a day
Basic knowledge of margin accounts, options and day trading is assumed.
  • Margin for Options: An Introduction - Online
  • Trading Index Options - Online
  • Margin Requirements for Spreads, Straddles and Combinations - Online
  • Cash Account Option Transactions - Online
  • Long Options in Margin Accounts - Online
  • Day Trading Margin Rules
    • Defining day-trades and day-traders
    • Review of margin requirements and calculations for day-trading equities
    • Margin requirements and calculations for day-trading options
    • NYSE/NASD proposed changes to margin rules for day-traders
    Duration: 1 hour