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MARGIN - Do's and Don'ts

An SI Board Since November 1997

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Emcee: Dale Baker	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

A lot of SI investors are getting into real trouble using margin in the current market. Others are missing opportunities because they aren't using their margin power effectively. Since many investors don't know enough about margin do's and don'ts, this is a chance for the experts to educate us.

The forum is open to questions, suggestions and war stories we can all learn from. For the record, I am not an expert.

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35	A good friend of mine just got called for $750,000. Margins are a bad idea for	average joe	-	10/14/2008
34	E*Trade lets me have limited options authority with a lot less than that. No n	Dale Baker	-	12/27/1999
33	Dale, RE: I'm not the person to ask, unfortunately. Hey it's fortunate	YlangYlangBreeze	-	12/26/1999
32	I'm not the person to ask, unfortunately. I never go more than 20% margin o	Dale Baker	-	12/26/1999
31	I have been hitting the margin pretty heavily for a while, and while it has pro	YlangYlangBreeze	-	12/26/1999
30	If you are interested in learning a bit more, go to tigerinvestor.com and read	Dale Baker	-	8/9/1999
29	If by not heavily margined you borrow a max of 25%, our use of margin is simila	Greg Jung	-	8/8/1999
28	Thanks for the tip on XLK. I was familiar with SPY, MDY, and QQQ, but not XLK.	John F.	-	8/8/1999
27	I only shorted QQQ once because E*Trade can't get shares any more. I starte	Dale Baker	-	8/8/1999
26	Keeping an account equity of at least 50% seems like a good idea if you enjoy s	John F.	-	8/8/1999
25	Seems like you and I look at it a little differently. I have been thinking that	John F.	-	8/8/1999
24	I started this thread two years ago to try and stimulate a debate on this subje	Dale Baker	-	8/8/1999
23	I don't know of any literature about this. Have you been getting burned by	Greg Jung	-	8/7/1999
22	Anyone have a site with some suggested rules for using margin cautiously to inc	John F.	-	8/7/1999
21	Keith, the interest will simply add into your margin deficit. If you end up sim	Greg Jung	-	4/20/1999
20	I just bought CPQ on margin with CSCO as collateral. I am only extended less th	Keith Fauci	-	4/20/1999
19	Thanks Dale. Between you and Greg it looks better than it yesterday. I'll j	Wayne Beidatsch	-	11/9/1998
18	Thanks for the info. I believe it is as you say because the total is in the bla	Wayne Beidatsch	-	11/9/1998
17	In the account totals it should list what the overall balance is, and also if t	Greg Jung	-	11/9/1998
16	You should ask your lawyer for detailed advice. From what I know, owning stoc	Dale Baker	-	11/9/1998
15	Dale, My father passed away a couple weeks ago.He had an account with Waterhous	Wayne Beidatsch	-	11/9/1998
14	But beware of selling stock to cover margin calls. You are selling a stock that	freeus	-	9/10/1998
13	Actually, what happened with regard to my problem with calling in the margin w	Oak Tree	-	9/1/1998
12	How do you mean, "calling in its margin accounts". The amount of mar	Greg Jung	-	8/29/1998
11	Computel appears to be calling in its margin accounts. Do you know if any of th	Oak Tree	-	8/29/1998

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