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06/12 Open at 0.85 Markus

thanks for your response! Markus

Here are the margin requirements for short positions at IB: Short Positions: If last sale price/share >= $5 then maximum ($5 per share, 30% * marginable stock value). If last sale price/share < $5 then maximum ($2.50 per share, 100% marginable stock value). Short sale proceeds are applied to...

No, there were no other positions in the account at this time. Today I shorted another stock at $1.27. The only difference is, you pay slightly higher margin. But back to the original problem, can you give me any references on how MOO orders are executed.(time, volume, ...) Markus

Hi, thanks for your answer! No, I can short stocks below $5 with interactive brokers - I entered the order for SEI later with a limit price (=open price) and got filled. Markus

Hi! I tried to short SEI yesterday (Interactive Brokers). The stock traded at about 0.80 yesterday and the volume was at 300.000. I entered a MOO order at NYSE to short 5000 - the status indication in trader workstation was green at this time - about 10 minutes after the opening the status...