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no you got this all wrong, I looked it up, initial margin is 3094 usd, as long as you got enough maintenance margin 2475 USD you won't get liquidated. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/marginRequirements/margin.php?ib_entity=uk

yes, you pretty much got how it works, once you took a position, your maintenance margin becomes important (don't have the exact figure here for IB), if you go below that IB closes your position (IB doesn't do margin calls). Also at the close IB goes to overnight margins which are twice as high...

everything is better than young hairy girls :D

why would anybody do that, getting scimmed by bucketshops ? Trade through an ECN or CME at least you will get a real market and spreads will be much tighter. I do about 35-50 trades a day, 1 pip difference adds up at the end of the month, just do the math, those bucket shops know that.

no debt has gone up, moron !

it's only a 2% move, nothing much to cry victory about ...

it can be done, I know a trader on ET who does it, not there yet myself.

this ain't a good hedge fund, otherwise they wouldn't be losing this much.

looks like pump and dump to me

better find yourself another hobby, learning to trade takes lots of time and dedication. If you really want to get rid of your money I could send you my bankaccountnumber :D that would save you lots of time.

could be options or futures

we close way lower then we ended 2008 today, just wait and see ...

and for the record: deflation started only a few months ago for the biggest part of the world: exactly the months gold has been going down ...

spoken like a true gold bug: you always have to buy gold ! Inflation, deflation, no matter what ... slight problem gold bugs always forget: in the long run gold is always one of the worst investments ...

How would you know ? there has never been a deflationary period since Bretton Woods ... duh ! Gold is now like any other commodity. Commodities don't rise in deflation. period.

that says it all. bull market in gold in 2009 ? you must be delusional ... but then again, nothing seems to stop gold bugs, let alone common sense ...

I got a good book on this subject here somewhere, problem is finding it ... If it were so simple as to short the T-notes that would be a free option in itself, it doesn't work that way.

do you understand any of this ? apparently not. I don't even know where to get started. Read something decent on bond futures ...

you better read up on this because it seems you have no idea how these things work. It doesn't work the way you describe it. If rates stay low you will lose a bundle.

yes, I obviously didn't express myself too clearly.