So this is for real??? I'm not reading it wrong or made a mistake anywhere?? They really want that much for a 25$ option??? The most that can be lost is the 25 bucks correct ??
Oh I dunno TKO. It certainly looks like they were saying you did not have enough. But there is that upgrade to portfolio margin? Maybe that will help?
If you are buying a $25 call and only for 1 contract, there is probably, not enough monies for the broker to bother with your order. So, they would rather not fill it.
I bet what you did.... you're trading in a cash account right(?)... somewhere in the order window is a dropdown menue that has the option for "margin" or "cash".... you probably had the "margin" selected. Try it by selecting "cash"... I'm sure it'll work.