# Minimum criteria to avoid daytrading margin calls

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/minimum-criteria-to-avoid-daytrading-margin-calls/6566>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [August 13, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/minimum-criteria-to-avoid-daytrading-margin-calls/6566 "2021-08-13T19:09:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmh\_alpaca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@cmh\_alpaca](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/cmh_alpaca)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/minimum-criteria-to-avoid-daytrading-margin-calls/6566/1 "2021-08-13T19:09:15Z")

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Hi, I am trying to “stay in bounds” and make sure to not overuse leverage in our account as we close the trading day. Our equity is higher than our maintenance margin, but our Regular T Buying power is zero as we are now using daytrading buying power. Are we fine as long as our equity is above the maintenance margin number?