suffering from margin call constantly

Discussion in 'Interactive Brokers' started by weij, Mar 19, 2023.

Was your margin fluctuated significantly overnight?

  1. Yes, always

    3 vote(s)
    13.6%
  2. Yes, quite often

    1 vote(s)
    4.5%
  3. Sometime

    2 vote(s)
    9.1%
  4. Rarely

    4 vote(s)
    18.2%
  5. Never

    12 vote(s)
    54.5%
  1. weij

    weij

    now both stock goes up but the bearish one goes up much more than the bullish one and i still cant do anything to lower the delta. no reply on my web tickets either. any way to draw their attention or complain?
     
    #81     Mar 27, 2023
  2. taowave

    taowave

    Whats stocks are you trading?



    QUOTE="weij, post: 5785775, member: 537121"]now both stock goes up but the bearish one goes up much more than the bullish one and i still cant do anything to lower the delta. no reply on my web tickets either. any way to draw their attention or complain?[/QUOTE]
     
    #82     Mar 27, 2023
  3. weij

    weij

    [/QUOTE]
    TSLA & NVDA
     
    #83     Mar 27, 2023
  4. taowave

    taowave

    TOS simulates TSLA up and down 50%,and NVDA up/down 35%...

    Ive never had funky margin with either of those 2 stocks

    TSLA & NVDA[/QUOTE]
     
    #84     Mar 28, 2023
  5. Robert Morse

    Robert Morse Sponsor

    We are 40% on TSLA and nothing added to NVDA.
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    #85     Mar 28, 2023
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  6. weij

    weij

    I got reply from IB. They claimed there would be big loss if TSLA price down with vol up, and NVDA price up with vol down, which are contrary from my view. I'm still trying to get more information from them. In the mean while, is it legal that I post our conversation here?
     
    #86     Mar 28, 2023
  7. weij

    weij

    IB claimed that my portfolio on TSLA would have loss when TSLA price dropped by 6.5%. Based on that they rejected my order to buy TSLA. I disagree and I think dropping price should bring me huge profit instead and my risk is on the up side. I asked them yesterday to give me more evidence. They didn't reply by now.

    It is scaring that they can make decision on your own portfolio and you can't override them.
     
    #87     Mar 29, 2023
  8. Robert Morse

    Robert Morse Sponsor

    Maybe you should try another broker.

     
    #88     Mar 30, 2023
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  9. taowave

    taowave

    What you are saying is next to impossible..Show us your position..


     
    #89     Mar 30, 2023
  10. weij

    weij

    Here are the positions last weekend after option expiry. the last two columns are my calculation for the 6.5% price down scenario. It is a bit complicated. A simplified version is it contains net 3k stock, -23 calls, 24 puts.

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     Financial Instrument  Holdings Orig Price Projected Price  PnL                                                  
    TSLA                   3357     190.16     177.80           -41,492.52                                
    TSLA  230331C00170000  43       20.85      10.61            -44,019.10                            
    TSLA  230331C00177500  15       14.40      5.88             -12,789.00                            
    TSLA  230331C00195000  -2       3.70       0.87             564.80                          
    TSLA  230331C00197500  16       2.85       0.65             -3,528.00                          
    TSLA  230331P00170000  3        0.69       2.81             636.90                          
    TSLA  230331P00190000  33       5.77       13.79            26,472.60                            
    TSLA  230331P00195000  5        8.54       18.07            4,768.00                          
    TSLA  230331P00197500  -4       10.19      20.35            -4,062.00                            
    TSLA  230406C00160000  1        31.30      20.53            -1,077.20                            
    TSLA  230406C00170000  4        22.76      13.51            -3,703.20                            
    TSLA  230406C00172500  -18      20.82      11.96            15,940.80                              
    TSLA  230406C00175000  -72      18.95      10.53            60,688.80                              
    TSLA  230406C00177500  -18      17.19      9.21             14,364.00                            
    TSLA  230406C00180000  -26      15.52      8.00             19,531.20                            
    TSLA  230406C00182500  -33      13.90      6.92             23,043.90                            
    TSLA  230406C00195000  -4       7.36       3.08             1,711.60                          
    TSLA  230406P00175000  -27      3.79       7.73             -10,613.70                            
    TSLA  230406P00195000  -11      12.20      20.28            -8,889.10                              
    TSLA  230406P00215000  -6       26.91      37.92            -6,606.00                            
    TSLA  230414C00195000  6        9.26       4.62             -2,784.00                          
    TSLA  230414C00200000  22       7.30       3.49             -8,386.40                          
    TSLA  230414C00212500  43       3.815      1.674            -9,206.30                            
    TSLA  230414P00170000  2        3.983      7.529            709.20                            
    TSLA  230414P00180000  2        7.126      12.133           1,001.40                            
    TSLA  230414P00182500  6        8.077      13.523           3,267.60                            
    TSLA  230414P00192500  2        12.712     19.993           1,456.20                              
    TSLA  230414P00195000  14       14.1       21.82            10,808.00                            
    TSLA  230414P00197500  5        15.577     23.72            4,071.50                            
    Total                                                       31,879.98                
    
     
    Last edited: Mar 30, 2023
    #90     Mar 30, 2023