While it can be slightly confusing to those new to finance, leverage and margin are both cut from the same cloth. The difference is that you express leverage as a ratio and margin as a percentage.

Some IRAs even offer a limited form of margin trading. Margin trading is leveraged investing, or using borrowed money to buy securities. To margin trade, you must opt into a special type of ...

With rising stock market enthusiasm and easy access to leveraged trading, more traders are tempted to borrow money for bigger ...

The best trading platforms offer low margin rates, fast execution, a large selection of research and investments, low costs and a robust mobile app for day trading on the go. Below, our picks for ...