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How do you meet a margin call in an IRA?

I use Marcus at GS, 1.60% for a savings account.

When you trade options you have risk on one or more of the greeks. You have done that intentionally. Most traders focus on delta risk and/or vega risk. There is a cost to reduce the risk you have created by placing a trade counter to your strategy. You don't want that cost to out way the...

That is my expectation as front month-which you are short, expands faster than the back month and the spread will have a +delta.

This type of spread would lose money in a market that moves away from the long calendar strike. It has a long delta.

So E*TRADE pro is a software option not an institutional service? thx..I did not know that.

How is E-Trade Pro different from E-Trade? We have LS and LS institutional, but there is no difference in the technology offered. There's a different sales force and HF reporting we offer our institutional clients but for the most part, we do offer our "retail" clients a substandard service...

There is no way a trader can use this to make money as it is too delayed. The securities that institutional investment managers must report on Form 13F are “section 13(f) securities.” Section 13(f) securities generally include equity securities that trade on an exchange (including the Nasdaq...

Mark, I agree the intent was to help the "unsophisticated" trader. I also agree the lawsuit if frivolous. I do not agree with SEC/FINRA that the simple act of recycling buying power harms a trader with less cash or income. What does is leverage. I do not think account under $25,000 should be...

Only margin accounts are subject to PDT rules. Cash accounts do not recycle buying power with each Day trade. You have to wait until your trades settle.

We are regulated by FINRA as are all Broker dealers that do business with the public. I can't do what you are are asking me to do. you will have to contact FINRA and ask for that.

http://www.finra.org/investors/day-trading-margin-requirements-know-rules Why the change? The primary purpose of the day-trading margin rules is to require that certain levels of equity be deposited and maintained in day-trading accounts, and that these levels be sufficient to support the risks...

We require $25K to start for all DMA software but you can open a smaller account with $10K with Web Trader, IMO, and just IMO, if I were to write a rule that protects the clients, I would allow margin accounts with DT at all levels of equity but allow no leverage below $25,000 and to get 4X I...

I agree that the PDT rule needs work, but it is unclear to me what legal basis you have for damages and how that will be calculated. FINRA has a mandate to protect the public and they believe this rule is part of that. You would be better to seek a rule change.

How about anyone that acts to others like Trump.

Yes I am.

Donald Trump?

If you are asking members here to disclose their income or saving level, that will never happen. A fair question would be, How would you describe yourself trading business. Full time or part trader/investor for: Yourself Hedge Fund CTA CPO JBO Prop firm Traditional Prop firm Authorized trader...

How are you defining that?

From your description alone, I expect you got an execution on the offer in less than a second, even if you did not get the report for a few seconds. Exchange rules does not allow you to cancel this as it is not an obvious error. Sorry, not what you wanted to hear. For those that have these...