January 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Markets.com doubles margin requirement on stocks during earnings season

Retail forex broker Markets.com, a unit of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), will be raising margin requirements from 5% to 10% for CFDs on certain US-traded stocks during the current Q4 earnings reporting season. Shares of even very liquid, well-traded equities tend to be more volatile leading up to an earnings announcement - especially year-end results, when 'surprise'…

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