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		jnwatson on June 24, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GDAX will restore the balance of margin called use... Losing your entire account is not a normal risk of margin trading. They were way too quick on the margin calls.

danmaz74 on June 27, 2017 [–]

Depends - if you go long on X and your collateral is all (or mostly) X, then it's a normal risk to lose everything.

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