@Statistical Trader, thx, but just imagine a drop of more than 100% as is very well possible with short positions (esp. options as well stocks)....
Account yesterday was $-200, today it's $-100. So obviously it rose by $+100 in that time period. Now the interesting question is: how much...
@longandshort, FYI: let me tell you that negative territory is a mystery itself. Things are much different, maybe mirrored. I'm for more than a...
Thanks Robert, will contact them. I'm a programmer & SW dev & SW eng & SW arch & part-time trader & and and and... :-)
I've no clue what you mean by "fitty" (I first assumed you mean "fifty" percent :)). I'm writing software for a startup brokerage where such...
These already counted. I mean beyond options and stock. Which companies one could trade with more than its stock and options?
It's even of paramount importance for some trading scenarios involving negative balances, for example when using stock or option shorting and then...
The debt was reduced by 100%, not 50%.
I just mean all the various instruments a trader could have over a company or index. Some real world examples would be nice.
From -200 to -100 is a gain, a 100% gain, ie. a doubling.
:) Or use val = -val I don't think so. Everything is already there. And FYI: "they are", not "their" :-)
Do some companies offer also some other trading instruments* besides classic stocks and options? Which companies offer also corporate bonds and...
That's the question, Watson! Are you sure? :) My math says different: +100%, as said in prev posting.
In such cases with both positive numbers I use this formula: pct_chg = endval / startval * 100 - 100 ie. for the above case: pct_chg = 100 / 25 *...
I already have given them: a change of value from previously -200 to now -100. The problem I encountered is that when negative numbers are...
Hi, if a short position is in the reds, say $-200, and then makes some gains so that now the position is worth $-100, then how much is this last...
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