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This is just the premium amount. Margin is calculated according to rules on this website: https://www.interactivebrokers.co.uk/en/index.php?f=37725#margin-matrix

Your max risk on this trade is 141k. Consider a spread to lower the risk and margin by adding one long put leg at a different strike. See how that impacts your margin.

Try Trailing Limit if Touched

Thank you for your answer. Sharing knowledge is gold. All techniques you mentioned rely on chart analysis. So does chart analysis alone work for you well to predict ES ?

Hi, how do you discern a pullback from a reversal? Do you use fixed or % points stop?

In my opinion short term price action is random and is a result of non-random decisions by market participants. Price fluctuates around the economic value of an asset. In the long term price action is non-random and converges to the economic value determined by fundamentals.

It is possible to be long and short by opening a risk reversal position. "If an investor is long a stock, they could create a short risk reversal to hedge their position by buying a put option and selling a call option."