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Special Memorandum Account

Categories: Managed Funds, Tax, Trading

Have extra margins in your margin account? You can put them in an SMA.

In fact, you should.

Keeping those extras in a different account makes sure that your gains stay protected and you have extra margin you can use when you want to buy more investments. 

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