Saturday, February 28, 2015

Shorting a stock and Acct Min Requirements


I have looked online endlessly and cant get a straight answer or the typical "Dont Short!" nonsense. But my question is suppose I would like to short 100 shares of XYZ at $30 how much would I need in my account (and its a margin acct)? disregarding the commissions of course. Im so confused.


A) $3000 like a typical long?


B) $4500 according to Reg-T explanations, which was confusing


C) whatever the broker says you need, according to their min requirements regardless of A & B


Thank you for the help.







Submitted February 28, 2015 at 10:01AM by here2red http://ift.tt/1zqfhZe

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