I increase the debt.
As the dividend yield is higher than the margin cost that is good business. This can enlarge the time I need to pay back the credit of course.
I do this always, not only when in crash recovery mode. I don’t sell just because I need money, that is a bad reason for a sell. The credit is paid back with dividends, market dividends or when my system tells me to sell something.
Actually I am not in crash recovery mode and have a little margin debt because I needed money in December. It will be paid back with this months dividends.