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The way I test it... is to set up an order closing the position, then right click and run the "check margin" function. I've had naked options close to expiry add almost nothing back by closing them - which means they've already given the margin back.

She was paid off in 2018, but announces this a few days after Musk declares he's voting republican? LOL. And... 250K for silence was very likely a contract. If "her friend" is talking it's because she's being fed information from the payee. Musk should go get the 250K back and then have her...

I've seen that happen frequently. It feels like they have an algorithm measuring the time remaining and distance to the strike and they are handing back margin dollars incrementally.

I would imagine that the strategies also tested - that didn't have good results before the variables were changed - would create a book that might be visible from space.

Was that before or after his wire fraud conviction and permanent ban from the securities industry?

This is an amazing thread. For every one of these threads with puzzled references to getting money credited immediately, there are hundreds with tantrums over transferred money being tied up for weeks or even months.

This damage will last for a very long time. Everything was so great in China until the gov't got an opportunity to show what it was truly capable of. We have a lot of politicians in the US that are drooling over that level of control and would do the same thing here if they had more power.

That tells you all you need to know about him. Eleven years and thousands of posts publicly crapping on something that has made people fortunes. And then doubling down even now. It's sad more than anything.

We were all so anxiously awaiting thoughts from the village idiot. Finally we can get on with our lives.

If capital controls and asset freezes concern you, you should make sure you are working to elect representatives that share your values.

The inventory crunch has been exacerbated far more by affordable housing mandates than corporate buyers. Every time a municipality forces a builder to sell/lease at well below market rates, they must build even more expensive properties to compensate for the reduced margins and profitability...

There's only so many places you can put the unbelievable amount of cash to work out there, so housing was the next logical choice for some of the big guys. Blackrock and Vanguard alone have nearly $20T under mgmt - that's trillion. The broader equity market has averaged real returns of mid...

I'd suggest running charts elsewhere. Years ago I used a program called QCharts and it was great for some years - I'm sure it's long gone now. There are things IB is good at and others where better performance can be found elsewhere.

Actual mRNA technology holds significant promise. Long before Covid was a thing, Duke University and others were using mRNA technology on glioblastomas and other malignant cancers. Done properly, mRNA takes a long time to test and work through the trial process. It's still only effective for...

What am I even reading? What the hell has happened to this place?

LOL. Wow...from 2013. Nice find. Great call though. I do sit around my house going "you know, that anonymous guy on the internet cost me a fortune if only I had...." LMAO. I hope you made 6,500% and are enjoying it!! Seriously man. I hope it works out for you.

I've always felt like that was a key part of developing a solid trading performance structure. For me, it was never about getting angry something didn't go my way - I was almost happy when it didn't because it gave me the opportunity to fix the issue by changing some aspect of the structure...

As you admit and as xandman wrote, it's so far from ubiquitous . That's the first issue...and the instability as noted by others here. It's basically a speculative trading vehicle at this point and little else. The strongest reason that I can't get on board is the proselytizing by the...

Only potentially positive info from the faithful. And by "embracing", the article means that the banks are willing to invest in the tools necessary to collect the fees for all of those trading the stuff.

Picking through fresh SEC filings in the mid 80s (pre-EDGAR days) to see which greenmailers were accumulating stock, then calling in my trades.