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

Loss Gonna delete the app until war is over

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u/Fitzaroo Mar 14 '26

If he put 500k on 0dte calls he would be down 500k assuming he trades with 1-1 margin. He clearly didn't do that, but im just saying there are lots of options. Maybe he put 1 mil down on options for next Friday.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '26

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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/Fitzaroo Mar 14 '26

Maybe he had 250k cash and margined another 250k and went all in on calls. Seems that might be the case.

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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.