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Margin Calls - Share The Pain

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Introduction Compact

Okay, just how bad is it? Are margin calls swamping the market? Are they swamping you?

Let's share our knowledge about the mechanics of margin and margin calls: how is margin calculated on stocks, long options, covered calls, nakeds, LEAPS, bonds? How are the day-trading margin calculations different?

Let's pool our knowledge about margin requirements at specific firms. What firms are charging 50% or 100% maintenance on Internet stocks? What firms have raised their maintenance requirements on options?

We'll post alerts when margin rules change, as they have twice this year.

Last but not least, will the current wave of margin calls + tax selling doom the market?

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158	HI Steve, Recent article indicates Margin Levels are at a low last seen in Octo	robert b furman	-	8/24/2002
157	Hi Steve, Yup, I've noticed that too. Message 17731115 Have you also noti	LPS5	-	8/6/2002
156	I agree! Seems like anyone who was worried about margin calls is out of the mar	Mr. Sunshine	-	8/6/2002
155	No one is left, Ted ;-)	LPS5	-	7/21/2002
154	No margin calls out there? We found a well-dressed drunk guy wandering aimlessl	Ted The Technician	-	7/20/2002
153	Last night I relived 2000 as I transcribed my Year 2000 Consolidated Investment	Conan	-	1/30/2002
152	daff, indeed I will let you know what my 'pound of flesh' ends up being	Robert O	-	1/16/2001
151	Hi, RO. You probably saw Mama Bear's reply to the question of interest on s	daffodil	-	1/14/2001
150	sorry to bother you for what might be here (somewhere), but I wasn't able to	Robert O	-	1/14/2001
149	Day-trading margin I think that the most common misconception about day-trading	daffodil	-	1/11/2001
148	Good point. There are a lot of people who are completely tapped out in this mar	daffodil	-	1/5/2001
147	food for thought : Message 15126272	kumar	-	1/5/2001
146	Daffodil: I went from facing a $24K call to probably an $8K call. It is due Fr	Conan	-	1/4/2001
145	Wow, tekboy, let's just hope it holds!	daffodil	-	1/3/2001
144	Wow, Conan, today's market was truly divine intervention for you. I hope it	daffodil	-	1/3/2001
143	HOW AG SAVED MY A$$ I left the house at 10:15 am this morning, got stuck on a b	tekboy	-	1/3/2001
142	Today's rate cut may save me the pain of borrowing to send more funds into m	Conan	-	1/3/2001
141	Daytrading margin I've been asked to chime in on some of the margin questio	daffodil	-	1/3/2001
140	Thanks, marcos, that's very helpful information. I always thought that it w	daffodil	-	12/13/2000
139	No, there's no <i>central regulatory body akin to our Federal Reserve	marcos	-	12/12/2000
138	Marcos, I'm with you as far as the use of leverage. It hit not only naked p	daffodil	-	12/12/2000
137	I think, in general, what may be happening is a concept where the 'risk'	Robert O	-	12/12/2000
136	12-18 to 1 is a crazy amount of margin but if you were going to take a risk like	TimF	-	12/12/2000
135	Leverage can act to ensure that when you're right just a little too early yo	marcos	-	12/12/2000
134	That is exactly right; but while relative value strategies in and of themselves	LPS5	-	12/12/2000

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