Topic

Margin and collateral

The practice of backing derivatives positions with funds sized to modeled potential losses rather than the full amount at risk, and the exchange and clearing rules that govern it.

Current clusters

invest3 publishers

Kalshi's margin filing trades full collateral for a 24-hour close-out window

Kalshi Klear asked the CFTC on Sept. 22 to set initial margin on economic, political and commercial event contracts from modeled price moves, backed by volatility floors and concentration charges, with institutions the only participants admitted.

Publishers:cnbc.comcrypto.newsfinance.yahoo.com

Perspective Coverage

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Builder: Builder 27%
Operator: Operator 30%
Investor: Investor 43%

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