I funded my account with 5k GBP. converted it into USD, approx 6.6k USD. I then bought as many call options as I could afford. However this morning I notice at least 15% of my contracts were liquidated automatically. My questions: I bought these options with my actual money, not margin, so how can I ever have a liquation event, especially mere hours after buying? Why does it matter what my calls are worth either positive or negative? If negative I can just let the calls expire worthless, why does a negative figure margin call my account which only has cash in it ffs.
Submitted June 29, 2018 at 03:38AM by diego-d https://ift.tt/2MzfAiN
