Savage,
That rule isnt new at all..when I worked for a firm in Philly we ran into this exact problem all the time. The whole issue is that if you make buy #1 and sell, that is fine..but once you buy 1, sell 1 and buy the SAME one again without settlement, then the firm in a sense is floating you the money until settlement. I had a compliance officer that I worked with that it was his crusade to block accounts where this happened. People would want to free ride without paying and this guy would go ape-shit over it.
So the rule isnt new at all..you just gotta have them take you OFF ACH and establish a money market where you hold funds. Thats what we did for a few guys..ACH is the problem because every buy and sell settles with your bank account. So take my advice and remove ACH..tell them you want to wire some funds into your account, establish a money market and let the funds stay there...does that make sense?
On ASTM..I did ok with it..but my last batch I started way too high..I started at around 3.70 and nibbled all the way down to 3.19 having a total of 8k shares at a time..then I told myself if it broke 3.10 I was out..and it did, I was and even though the stock has bounced back, if I had held I would not have traded ALTI (5k shares of ALTI plus 8k shares of ASTM would take me on margin...) so hitting that stop was painful but it worked out for the best.
Let me know if that makes sense...they can turn it off, then back on later if you want it.
That rule isnt new at all..when I worked for a firm in Philly we ran into this exact problem all the time. The whole issue is that if you make buy #1 and sell, that is fine..but once you buy 1, sell 1 and buy the SAME one again without settlement, then the firm in a sense is floating you the money until settlement. I had a compliance officer that I worked with that it was his crusade to block accounts where this happened. People would want to free ride without paying and this guy would go ape-shit over it.
So the rule isnt new at all..you just gotta have them take you OFF ACH and establish a money market where you hold funds. Thats what we did for a few guys..ACH is the problem because every buy and sell settles with your bank account. So take my advice and remove ACH..tell them you want to wire some funds into your account, establish a money market and let the funds stay there...does that make sense?
On ASTM..I did ok with it..but my last batch I started way too high..I started at around 3.70 and nibbled all the way down to 3.19 having a total of 8k shares at a time..then I told myself if it broke 3.10 I was out..and it did, I was and even though the stock has bounced back, if I had held I would not have traded ALTI (5k shares of ALTI plus 8k shares of ASTM would take me on margin...) so hitting that stop was painful but it worked out for the best.
Let me know if that makes sense...they can turn it off, then back on later if you want it.
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