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Brokers are allowed to fund client margins
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Trading limits are tied to unsettled exposure
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Until settlement completes, broker capital stays blocked
Under T+2
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Capital stays locked for two days
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Same money cannot be reused quickly
Under T+1
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Capital unlocks the next day
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The same capital can be reused twice as fast
The Core Impact: Broker Capital Multiplies
This is the key insight:
T+1 does not add new money — it multiplies the usability of existing money.
What changes structurally?
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Broker working capital turns over faster
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The same capital can now support nearly double trading capacity over time
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Funding for both regular trades and leveraged trades expands
This is liquidity creation without printing money.
Think of It Like This (Simple Analogy)
Imagine a shopkeeper who gets his cash back:
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