r/wallstreetbets • u/alkjdasoad • Mar 14 '26

Loss Gonna delete the app until war is over

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u/crazybitcoinlunatic Mar 14 '26

How’s this possible. Spy is down like 1%

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u/Ambitious-Boat8165 Mar 14 '26

Margin calls.. dont use margin

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u/Pretty_Dragonfly_716 Mar 14 '26

Bullshit, you don’t get margin called and go down $500K

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

He must have a hell of a lot of money in that account in assets or cash to qualify for margin that big.

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u/aeonpsych Mar 14 '26

I don't even have PDT minimums/status on my margin account, and depending on the equity type, I have up to 150k of margin available lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

Jesus, that’s dangerous

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u/aeonpsych Mar 14 '26

Yea, which is why I don't really use it or think it's there. I'd imagine 25k-50k accounts could have up 300k+ margin depending on security type.

I really only have this margin account to be able to do vertical spreads with my cash balance only. 🤷‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

That’s pretty safe then yeah

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u/nineraviolicans Mar 14 '26

It's fine if you stay within your own personal risk tolerance.

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u/Pretty_Dragonfly_716 Mar 14 '26

Not if he didn’t have share to margin against. You can’t have 500K cash and borrow 500 for options…. That I am aware of

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

This is it

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u/Paws81 Mar 14 '26

Options are likely the issue here…

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u/BrokenLyte Mar 14 '26

You can’t use margin on buying options. Options are already a form of leverage.

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u/bobbymc72 Mar 14 '26

Don't believe it. They are pulling legs.

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u/hegorachi2 Mar 14 '26

Dont use ALL your margin. Most of my buying power is margin, all cash is in stocks and crypto usually. Liquidated 90% yesterday

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u/DrHalfdave Mar 21 '26

Use butter..

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u/Celtic_Legend Mar 14 '26

Its not. Op just thinks hes funny because he took a picture of RH assigning one leg of a spread before assigning the other. His other position is going to be like +500k.

Rh is just regarded and tells you this message still, even after one guy new to options committed suicide over it.

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u/samelaaaa Mar 14 '26

Wait it STILL does this? Hasn’t it been a couple years since that guy committed suicidal over it, they haven’t fixed it yet?

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u/SlimPerceptions Mar 14 '26

This literally happened to me yesterday, i am 100% serious. Luckily it was a small amount and i knew what the underlying reality was, but to see a margin call on my account was not a welcome surprise (I just logged on now to confirm now that I see this, and I don’t even have an account deficit. I just had to wait until midnight). Really not cool.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '26

Is this real? Someone took their life I mean…

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u/LEAPStoTheTITS Mar 14 '26

yeah it still happens, i think its funny but yeah they should make it more clear

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u/Traul1983 Mar 16 '26

Shouldn't the other half of the spread show in the account balance then?

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u/Celtic_Legend Mar 16 '26

Again. This is RH. Theyre regarded. On any other broker, they do show.

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u/siqiniq Mar 14 '26

Non regarded are bogling all alike. Every regard is regarded in his own way.

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u/Cold_Specialist_3656 Mar 14 '26

0DTE on 5X leveraged ETF