The hardest thing to learn about trading IMO is how to take a loss. If you don't learn that, you are gone.
The only people yu can call that will be acceptable to your broker is your bank to tell 'em to wire in more money! Other than that your broker can liquidate your positions anytime you exceed your margin. Your lucky your broker left you a message - some brokers wont even do that!!
also, you must learn to manage risk. if you're up big time, take some of the table. i'm not telling you to cut your winners short, but only don't take some off if their is still significant upside possible. lets face it, betting on the outcome of the bailout was nothing short of a gamble. gambling on what 500 people in a small room will vote for. so there was significant upside possible, but also significant downside. dont view it as a loss you will never recover. learn from your mistakes!
The guy who wrote that you could throw good money after bad gave you about the best advice. You can 1) wire money in to cover the call or 2) reduce or eliminate your exposure. There is no such thing as negotiating time. Your broker is not in the business of taking on market risk when trades go against you. If you do not act, they will act for you and you will have zero recourse.
It all depends on your broker. Interactive Brokers will liquidate you in realtime. Others give you 3 days to wire in the funds. Call your broker and ask what the policy is. Being in denial doesn't help.
I feel for him, but he was here in several threads spamming about how the market can only go up, and to buy buy buy buy. People tried to tell him otherwise, but he didn't listen, didn't do any due diligence, just closed his eyes and went long. It's hard to be too sympathetic.
Here are the OP's "Greatest Hits" in the last month or so... Up up and Away!!! http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=131187 up up and away (Part 2) http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=131198 Bullrun begins today http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=131912 Hip hip hooray! Up we go Longs! http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132882 We will break out to the top tomorrow! http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=133354 Election Year = Stocks Go UP! http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=134743 Don't fight the trend (UP we go) http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=135004 An UP Friday means an UP Monday http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=135619 Capitulation day! All up from here http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=137317 And last, but definitely not least, my personal fav: I'm rich!!! http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=137393 And we're supposed to feel for this guy?