Recent content by bigitop

intolerance is intolerance whether it presents itself in a public internet forum or in the sphere of national politics. hitler, being the quintessence of intolerance is an appropriate analogy in this case. the evidence of intolerance presented itself as noob-hater phenomenon when you...

what you're doing is called rationalizing. it's an unconscious defense mechanism to relieve guilt and shame. Hitler also thought he was performing a public service by killing millions of jews... it's a key feature of intolerance.

thank you for showing some empathy here :) I had gone over the explanations at IB, just needed someone to confirm what I interpreted... I dont like to make assumtiptions without corroboration.... it seems it upsets the god complex of some arrogant people who believe themselves...

it's pretty sad that this is your concept of entertainment. i think you've been jerking off in front of your computer for way too long. if your trading matches your concept of entertainment then it's safe to assume you're a pretty shity trader my friend

well zdreg there's a first time for everybody, even you. this is why i'm getting informed. you were not born knowing it all so who tha fuck are you to determine who should or should not be allowed to trade.

ok i got it. so what if the equity value increases, will the broker take a cut or are the profits all mine?

Can anyone be kind enough to explain the Initial and Maintainance margin calculations at interactive brokers?? If I have a margin account with a 30k balance and I wish to purchase 60k worth of stock, how does it work?? what happens if the 60k purchase goes down to (for instance) 55k or goes...

I've gone over the IB list for several high-volume stocks - NONE are available. I can begin to list high-volume stocks that aren't available at IB but the list would be immense.

That's what i thought! its definitely ilegal. I think it has to do with short seller's potential capability of manipulating prices if they started short-selling without limits.

Big Game Hunter: you are raising some issues that i'm really interested in. So let me see if I follow you. You're saying that it's just a matter of clicking on the Sell button even if there are no shares that have been located for the borrowing, because I can just buy the shares at a...

thanks for your explanations theboxer. maybe my logic about this isnt accurate. please correct me if i'm wrong. Why wouldn't be necessary to use a third-party locator service if the broker only has a relatively small number of shortable stocks? and even a less number of the the stocks...

stevegee58: what is a sound way of thinking about this. please enlighten me. How can day-traders even consider short selling as a feasable strategy if they are so limited by their brokers shortable list?

hahaha that's funny congoboy just keep making fun of the new guys. I'm not daydreaming about millions through shorts. I'ts just a strategy to break-even on some trades for me. but I'll let you know if i do make those millions.

I understand all of this so far. I am trying to set up a strategy that involves some short-selling. However I see that IB has way too few stocks in their shortable list. If IB is my broker, am I limited to their shortable list or can I use third-party service that locates the stocks for me...