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Originally Posted by Jason14h
Margin accounts carry a different type of risk as well though during a crash!
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They actually carry much less risk. You have to maintain enough equity to satisfy margin requirements. If you fall below a certain percentage your broker will sell your holdings to maintain that ratio. You can't even lose all your money in a margin account much less lose more than you have as is the case in housing. I guess if you're a bad investor and just want to hope and pray things start going up again, selling with some money left on the table could be considered a risk.