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If one of the parties in the deal goes into default, the clearing house takes over the defaulting party's obligations and fulfils them (either themselves or by finding another market participant will to take over the contract)
If one of the parties in the deal goes into default, the clearing house takes over the defaulting party's obligations and fulfils them (either themselves or by finding another market participant will to take over the contract)


[[Clearing house]s require [[initial margin]] from both parties (as well as defasult fund contributions and other fun things) at the start of the contract which they use to manage the default.
[[Clearing house]]s require [[initial margin]] from both parties (as well as defasult fund contributions and other fun things) at the start of the contract which they use to manage the default.

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Brokerage Anatomy™
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Trading capacities: Principal | Undisclosed principal Riskless principal | Agent | Undisclosed agent

Broker types: Broker | Dealer | Broker/dealer | Executing broker | Clearing broker | Prime broker | FCM | CCP

Clearing: Clearing overview | How clearing works | What gets cleared? | Who clears? | Clearing documentation
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A clearing house is to protects the partierds to a transaction on an exchange from the counterparty credit risk they face to each other.

If one of the parties in the deal goes into default, the clearing house takes over the defaulting party's obligations and fulfils them (either themselves or by finding another market participant will to take over the contract)

Clearing houses require initial margin from both parties (as well as defasult fund contributions and other fun things) at the start of the contract which they use to manage the default.