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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks

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To: Jon Tara who wrote (4091)3/5/1998 12:48:00 AM
From: Mama Bear  Read Replies (1) of 18691
 
>>>BTW, question for the group: what happens (for us retail customers) when a stock you have short goes below $5? I mean, it becomes unmarginable, so what happens to your short position? Do you have to cover it? Have to keep 100% margin?<<<

I had the same questions when SOLV fell under 5. Waterhouse requires $2.50 per share margin for short positions of stocks under 5. So if it falls below 2 1/2, yes, 100% is required. The 5 level is an initial requirement, not a maintenance requirement.

I believe the stock over 90 to which Timoteo was referring was Diana Corp (Now Coyote Networks, CYOE)

Barb
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