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 [5]and once again yesterday [6]) and as we hope everyone understands by now, its all about the leverage.
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Outlined below is a list of securities which IB has placed subject [8]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