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IB Hikes Margins Again, This Time On Super-MOMO Stocks
Wondering why the highest of high-beta muppetry stocks are not screaming higher with the market? Confused why these high-flyers that CNBC promoted all day as time for a bounce are actually below their opening levels? Wonder no more: Interactive Brokers just hiked the margins on the following Super-MoMo stocks once again (following a first hike on Monday and once again yesterday) and as we hope everyone understands by now, its all about the leverage.
Outlined below is a list of securities which IB has placed subject to a house maintenance margin requirement equal to the greater of 35% or existing (if higher) effective as of the October 11, 2013 U.S. open. Please note that these securities remain under elevated risk review and subject to further increases over the upcoming days.
Symbol Name
169 WANDA COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
566 HANERGY SOLAR GROUP LTD
1808 HASEKO CORP
3765 GUNGHO ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT
3888 KINGSOFT CORP LTD
4321 KENEDIX, INC
4974 TAKARA BIO INC
7004 HITACHI ZOSEN CORP
7774 JAPAN TISSUE ENGINEERING CO
AAMC ALTISOURCE ASSET MANAGEMENT
ACAD ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
AEGR AEGERION PHARMACEUTICALS INC
BSL BLUESCOPE STEEL LTD
CLDX CELLDEX THERAPEUTICS INC
CSIQ CANADIAN SOLAR INC
FB FACEBOOK INC
FNM FANNIE MAE
HIMX HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES INC
LIN LIN MEDIA LLC
MTG MGIC INVESTMENT CORP
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC
NFLX NETFLIX INC
NQ NQ MOBILE INC
OCDO OCADO GROUP PLC
RAD RITE AID CORP
SCTY SOLARCITY CORP
SHLD SEARS HOLDINGS CORP
SPWR SUNPOWER CORP
TCG THOMAS COOK GROUP PLC
TCG THOMAS COOK GROUP PLC
TL0 TESLA MOTORS INC
TSLA TESLA MOTORS INC
VIPS VIPSHOP HOLDINGS LTD
VWS VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
WLH WILLIAM LYON HOMES
YELP YELP INC
QIHU QIHOO 360 TECHNOLOGY CO
SFUN SOUFUN HOLDINGS LTD
SRPT SAREPTA THERAPEUTICS INC
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So you have to put more down to buy stocks than you do to buy a house in either the US or the UK ....
What's with the selective application of margin hikes? The companies affected missed a kickback or something? Just do away with all leverage already and separate the wheat from the tares.
Facebook doesn;t appear to give a flying fuck about margin hikes. Got stopped out of my little short. TSLA short still looks great.
Good trading btw. Take small stabs here and there and find the winners.
Japan Tissue Engineering Co.....thats funny.
Only trade ES; the S&P500 contract; never any ETF. Learn to read charts.
I am so sick of Tyler(s) bashing these wonderful high-beta muppetry stocks.
Some of these companies are the bestest companies in the world with wonderful products, apps and widgets.
Gold / silver monkey hammered on the close...just another day for these no-momo metal stocks
Most buyers, including all the retarded asians, that are purchasing physical know what they are up against.
Being retarded, they, the retarded asians, also buy other physical assets....like oil companies in Canada for example.
100 ounces of gold or 130 grand of Tesla stock. Sign me up for that useless piece of shit metal anyday.
The only RETARDS are those buying US equities....
We told you once you dirty son-of-a bitch leveraged retail investor; we are going to keep fucking you until you get the message! Now stay down !
Have a nice day
They would not do three margin hikes in a week if they did not see some seriously overbought FED-sugar-cotton-candy-fluffed stocks.
With leverage in excess of 2008 levels they have to be concerned about a disorderly unwind. Better to control it before SHTF. At least somebody somewhere has their head on straight... then again, 3 times in a week spells panic button.
You don't get it dude. It's called manipulation. It's a big club, and you're not in it; as George Carlin said. The serious players are selling this shit and they don't need you buying it.
Agreed, and Interactive Brokers is doing some CYA because the individual and smaller players won't be bailed out when they lose.
aapl?
TWTRQ???
Are there really real companies attached to these tickers?
Anybody that actually does business for a living would know that the growth projections to hit these targets set by the stock market are impossible. The stock market performance has nothing to do with real economic performance. It really is just a game.
They should just break the tickers away from real companies and just allow people to bet on them. A computer will just throw up randomly generated stories about some bullshit report that never really happened to make some stocks winners and some losers. Really wouldn't be any different than this bullshit system.
Nike just comes out and says that they are going to grow to $56 billion by the end of the decade. They don't say how, just that they will and the idiot investors just eat it up. The fucking stock has already doubled form its split level last year. Like Nike has already hit $56 billion in sales and the market is pricing in growth to $100 billion.
Where is this growth going to come from?
Are one billion martians going to book flights to Earth on Priceline so the company can finally be worthy of its $1000 a share valuation? Maybe they can all buy Teslas so $200 a share for that piece of shit is justified.
What is this insanity? I really can't take it.
1999 called. They want their BTFD back.
Tulips. Think about Tulips. I just cashed in $13,000 worth of S&P shorts yesterday, and I'll short another rally that looks good if one comes along. It's what you do with bubbles; you wait till they're ripe and then short them.
How much more Nike shit do people need? How many hotel owners and airlines are just going to sit back and watch the middleman (PCLN) capture all of the stock market value of their businesses?
And about being fair.
H.R. 3223: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
Was was today a short squeeze that pushed both long and short position changing margin requirements with a falling vix?
Someone seems to be desperate for volume.
Now stay tuned for a new hit reality show stop loss Wars.
Good list of puts. Interactive brokers don't fuck around. If you use them they send you a secure device so the chick you banged one two many nights can't mess with your digital currency account. What the hell is up with seeking alpha? Them dudes are like seeking a male alpha cuz they bitch like jeoulus.
www.theTalkativeOne.com
I'm learning the guitar.
Seeking Alpha? LOL! Filled with kids and old guys writing articles about what Buffett buys or why Apple is the bestest stock in the world. Same old same old. The young kids are college grads who are still unemployed trying to turn $500 into a billion doing what crony facists Warren Buffett is doing.
It is a dumb site. If these people were good investors or traders they would not be wasting their time writing articles on Seeking Alpha.
This is what manipulation looks like. they're trying to tell you something; if you don't get the message, too bad. The serious money is selling the rallies and they don't need you, Mr. little buddy, buying any of this shit. So wake up.
Shout out to Tyler; This is exacctly the kind of thing people need to know. Good for you.