- 1 hour agoWhen I shorted at $315 this morning, on the unexpected road to perdition, the margin requirements were 50%. Then, 30min later or so, the margin requirements increased to 240%. Then, 30min later the margin requirements were changed to 330%. Luckily, by then, the stock was back to $340. You can see how the broker has a strange of client protection and indeed, they will immediately liquidate after you are outside the margin requirements.
- 2 hours ago
Sadly, when you short something you are subject to being called out. Others here who were called out near the top switched to their spouses account and shorted more. The problem is, when you're long the lowest a stock can go is zero, when you're short the sky is the limit. It was your broker's obligation to call you out as the stock soared. Without that, it's possible you'd have lost a lot more. It's just sad that your limit was so high; otherwise you might have got called out much sooner.
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