naked x3 GME march calls with IB

[Option_Attack]

Well said. Some of the carnage of this event is enough to make a grown man cry.

I think it's going to get worse before it gets better.

Truth. I try to be more sympathetic. We've all lost money on trades. It sucks. But you don't have to have a total wipeout. There are plenty of experienced traders that can help. Traders need to develop their own trading methods, but if, for example, the OP had asked before selling 3 unhedged calls on GME. Most here would have said Are. You. Freakin. Crazy??? DON'T DO IT

 

[IBRex&me user]

its real easy to say after the event, this was before it went berserk, GME ~41.16, so selling the 60calls at no extra margin was not difficult, as was also short 3 puts from days before. would rolling it out months of prevented the liquidation? as a rule of thumb, was the initial margin already high for the account , net liq ~$61k. any tips to ensure any future trades don't breach a rule? eg each trade has to be less than 10% of net liq? dont do naked calls?