A Trading Member shall not cause or permit any new transaction made in a customer's margin financing account (such account being an account carried on the books of the Trading Member) unless the resulting equity in the account is not less than 140% of the debit balance, or the Trading Member has required the customer to deposit margin in the margin financing account within 2 Market Days from the date of securities transaction to bring the equity to not less than 140% of the debit balance.

Amended on 23 January 200923 January 2009 and 1 July 20161 July 2016.