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Re: help! I bought 3000 shares 4 days and now I am getting these margin alerts?

jin.cho...@gmail.com

you were able to buy more on margin, which is a fancy word for saying
you borrowed money to finance your purchases. Basically, the value of
your holdings went down and since you're not allowed to borrow as
much, you have to either sell some assets or put up more money to
maintain the number of shares you have.