is a margin call an actual phone call or just a push notification from your broker?

@weilo_daniel - 6 months ago - Risk Management

I have never received a phone call from my broker asking for more margin to be deposited instead the best i have gotten is a push notification on the brokers trading app. Why is it then called a margin call?

@mr_casey - 6 months ago

In the old days, margin call was an actual telephone call because they were no push notifications or modern electronic gadgets with SMS.

Today a margin call no longer comes as a telephone call (except you are a VIP customer trading millions💵 ); for regular traders, it can come as a text message or a push notification from your brokers mobile trading app.

This is why you need to download your brokers mobile app so you dont miss margin call notifications.