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What are risk categories?

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The category of a Financial Instrument indicates how much risk the our margin model assigns to the Financial Instrument. Shares are categorized from A to D.

For shares with category A, the Event Risk for a Trader Profile is 62.50%. For an Active Profile, the Event Risk is 83.75% for a share in category A.

An overview of the categories and risks is given below:

Trader

  A B C D E F G H I J no category
Long 62,50% 81,25% 99,00% 100,00% 6,25% 12,50% 18,75% 25,00% 31,25% 100,00% 100,00%
Short 62,50% 125,00% 250,00% 375,00% 6,25% 12,50% 18,75% 25,00% 31,25% 375,00% 375,00%

Active

  A B C D E F G H I J no category
Long 83,75% 83,75% 99,00% 100,00% 83,75% 83,75% 83,75% 83,75% 83,75% 100,00% 100,00%
Short 83,75% 125,00% 250,00% 375,00% 83,75% 83,75% 83,75% 83,75% 83,75% 375,00% 375,00%

Please note that the margin percentages of the Trader Profile are used for an Active Profile when a product is a direct derivative of an index (such as an AEX future).

For Category A this is 62.50%, Category E 6.25%, etc. For tracking an index through an ETF, this is not the case.

It is not possible to enter a short position for all products that are classified in risk category D.

In addition, it is not possible to trade in derivatives of which the underlying falls in category D.

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