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Here's the mechanism: when margin requirements increase, contract holders face a binary choice. Post additional cash or eligible securities to meet the new requirement, or liquidate positions to cover the shortfall. Failure to act results in forced liquidation by the exchange, typically executed at unfavorable prices during the worst possible market conditions.
This creates a cascade. Forced selling reduces market liquidity, which drives prices lower, which triggers additional margin calls on other overleveraged positions, which forces more selling. The feedback loop accelerates in volatile markets.
The timing amplifies the damage. During holiday week, trading desks are skeleton crews. Decision makers are unavailable. Back office operations are running reduced staff. This accelerates the liquidation process rather than slowing it. Normally, traders can negotiate extensions, arrange alternative financing, or move collateral to meet margin calls. During holidays, those human interventions aren't available. Automated systems execute forced liquidations immediately with no one there to intercede.
https://x.com/chigrl/status/2005783820721590600

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