I got a rude awakening on the night of 12 Feb 2025 when I logged onto my brokerage account and saw everything inside gone. This was a screenshot of my account the day before: This was what I saw on 12 Feb: My Equity with Loan Value dropped from 799k to just 86k. In my … Continue reading I Was Margin Called, IBKR Liquidated ALL My Positions & Realised S$540k (USD400k) Worth Of Losses
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5 Aug 24, A Black Monday For Me (USD38k Realised Loss) | Risk Of Trading On Margins
I will remember 5 Aug 24 (Monday) as one of my darkest trading days and I want to share my experience and thoughts in this article. The market had started to sell off on the last 2 trading days of the previous week but I still managed to have 15k of excess liquidity left in … Continue reading 5 Aug 24, A Black Monday For Me (USD38k Realised Loss) | Risk Of Trading On Margins