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Selling Lots and SMA (Special Memorandum Account)

Personal Finance & Money Asked on May 22, 2021

My broker allows me to sell shares in the lots that they were bought.

For example, the fictitious NuCo, In., in order of purchase:

Lot A: 300 Shares of NUCO at $20
Lot B: 300 Shares of NUCO at $17
Lot C: 600 Shares of NUCO at $12
Lot D: 600 Shares of NUCO at $15

Let’s say Lots A and B were bought using leverage and all others were bought with cash. I was able to buy A and B by borrowing because the majority of the account value sat in long term positions that that allowed A and B to be purchased well below to margin limit.

If want to sell lots C and D at $16, will I have paid my broker back, or still be using the borrowed margin account money?

The default sell order is FIFO (first in, first out).

This is a simplified version of a bad position I bought my self out of. The numbers were made up in order to show an average cost-per-share around $15.

I would like to sell off C and D to take the earnings and hold A and B expecting a recovery.

Since A and B were bought on margin, would they remain loans if I sold C and D.

One Answer

If this is the US then the maximum amount of margin borrowing for equities is 50%.

Lots A and B cost a total of $11,100 so that would be $5,550 borrowed (50%).

Lots C and D sold at $16 would generate $19,200 in sale proceeds so the margin loan would be paid off.

Answered by Bob Baerker on May 22, 2021

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