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bigman Jan 30, 17 9:29 AM

Ho - Lee - Shit, great trade. Risky af tho

thoe99
thoe99 Jan 31, 17 9:35 PM

Awesome work, but crazy position size indeed. I roughly calculated the size to be about $850k. I've never tried shorting that large of a size relative to my account before, but will your brokerage let you short using margin? Also, I wasn't able to find shares to short that day in both Etrade and Interactive Brokers, so that's something you may be let down on with a real account.

OONPAPERTRADES
OONPAPERTRADES Feb 01, 17 12:20 AM

@thoe99 loooo I'd never do that with a real account regardless, like, ever. I would've cut initial losses and waited for my time to short at highs. Theres some trades I of course make with this paper trading account I wouldn't with a real one. That's the benefit of having a paper trading account, you're able to explore new plays, trading styles, etc.

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