I just got an email saying my account has been liquidated! Why did this happen?
If securities in your portfolio got sold automatically it's because you were in violation of the account's margin requirements.

After an account's buying power goes below zero the swill send out a margin call email telling the user to sell some securities to bring buying power back into positive territory. If this does not happen, we will automatically liquidate a portion of the portfolio.

For more info on margin/margin calls, please see the following help files:
How does margin work?
Why did I get a margin call?

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