Reg T Margin vs Portfolio Margin Explained
Reg T margin vs portfolio margin: 50% initial and 25% maintenance versus TIMS risk scenarios and the $125,000 minimum, worked through one hedged spread.
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Reg T margin vs portfolio margin: 50% initial and 25% maintenance versus TIMS risk scenarios and the $125,000 minimum, worked through one hedged spread.
FINRA margin debt statistics explained: the rule behind the filing, the third week release, the four to seven week lag, and how to read the history since 1997.
FINRA publishes short interest twice a month, mid-month and month-end, about two weeks after each settlement date. See the live release cadence and lag.
Where short interest data actually comes from: FINRA's twice-monthly settlement file and its daily short volume file. Schedules, contents, and failure modes.
FINRA short interest is shares sold short and not yet bought back. See how it's reported twice monthly, settlement dates, days to cover and percent of float.
Short interest and daily short volume measure different things. See real per-ticker numbers, days-to-cover math, and the exact query behind every figure.