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Strategies & Market Trends : The Final Frontier - Online Remote Trading
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To: Sword who wrote (4986)8/16/1998 9:22:00 PM
From: peter n matzke  Read Replies (1) of 12617
 
Sword,
i think i disagree. It is possible to be long and short a stock in the same account. Its called a boxed hedge, or something similar.
if the positions are the exact same size your broker will probably only need about 10% of the value to maintain the position.

In regards to selling 1000 shares while being long only 500.....that would be a violation and would not be allowed. He could however be long 500, and short 1000.

you can ask Steve, i'm pretty sure that he will agree.

regards
peter
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