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Non-Tech : MB TRADING -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim Jones who wrote (1455)	10/12/1998 11:03:00 PM
From: Tanner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7382

Nope...my buying power has been adjusting just fine with RealTick... Keep in mind that if you are holding stocks overnight your buying power is going to be calculated differently the next day due to Federal Maintenance Requirements... Perhaps that is where you are having your problems.... Are you holding stocks overnight?

To: Jim Jones who wrote (1455)	10/12/1998 11:29:00 PM
From: LiveWire	Respond to of 7382

I've had the same problems, I believe. I'll verify tomorrow. I've had one other weird problem on two occasions in the past. I placed a short order and cancelled it several times. Next thing I know my remaining excess equity had increased 600%. How's that for making a profit without ever making a trade. Of course once I closed RT3 and restarted it, everything was fine. I have version 5.2.18.0.

To: Jim Jones who wrote (1455)	10/13/1998 11:26:00 AM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 7382

Has anyone else experienced this problem? It doesn't sound like a problem to me. For the example you gave you can margin the stock you just bought and have $5000 of buying power. But I say you can't use the margin power in the stock until it is in your possession. By possession I mean you receive order confirmation. Where as you imply you want to margin the stock before it is in your possession.