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Martynt74 · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:15

Trig said:
GME at <250, might buy more, or sell, ooooh what to do lol

Good luck, i've had a buy sat doing nothing for ages!

Gaygle said:
I'm tense with GME and i have a whole £100 riding on them

I think I'd have to be hooked up to a defib if I had £10000 on them like some people do...

Same, i've built my holding from around 300 to 1000 and it's getting more and more tense!

BogEyes · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:15

Kreeeee said:
You're lucky in a way if your horizon is more long term as the chaos today has lowered the price of most stocks across the market.

Gaygle said:
Yeh this GME madness has tanked the rest of my portfolio. Which made 30 minutes after opening a really good time to load up on more at an excellent price...hopefully

Maybe if I could actually log in I could take advantage.

Bit of a baptism by fire, the urge to buy a GME share is tempting, just to go along for the ride.

Edit: It's unerving as a newcomer to see difficulties logging in. Must be very frustrating if you wanted to sell your stock at a peak if you can't even access your account!

unwashed potato! · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:16

Anyone else not able to purchase gme through t212? Been trying on the dips for the last 20 minutes and nothing ever goes through.

Ahleckz · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:16

Apex said:
Anyone else not able to purchase gme through t212? Been trying on the dips for the last 20 minutes and nothing ever goes through.

Haven't been able to get on the website since half 2, let alone buy any dips!

dod · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:17

Apex said:
Anyone else not able to purchase gme through t212? Been trying on the dips for the last 20 minutes and nothing ever goes through.

you're able to get on to T212 :eek:

englishpremier · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:17

Gibbo said:
I cannot get into anything, arrrrrgh!

Got 25k sat in Corsair at around $33 and typically its moving up and I cannot get into to it so it best keep moving up lol.
I also grabbed one GME share, 5x AMC shares and 20x SKT shares as a pure gamble but have no idea what I have paid lol as cannot log in, I've watched GME since $20 but every time I see it go up I just ignore it, wished I'd thrown a load of money at but so don't we all, I am not complaining anyway, share trading has treated me very well these past six months.

Similar here. I was hoping to see nice gains in MSFT and Amzaon (due to the MSFT cloud increasing 50%). Also holding NOK, BB, APPL, GME, CRSR amongst others. As soon the US market opened everything was dead, so haven't had a change to check or amend.

I have a HL account but it's less than useless for US stock prices, and even worse for holding them.

EDIT: IG is working now

booyaka · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:17

Trading is currently halted on GME -

Gaygle · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:17

Ahleckz said:
Haven't been able to get on the website since half 2, let alone buy any dips!

Yeah have managed to get a few small purchases in (£25/£50)

Trig · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:18

212 is on a go slow, mate just bought into GME and had to wait near 40 minutes for it to go through.

Trig · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:18

booyaka said:
Trading is currently halted on GME -

Sauce?

Gaygle · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:18

booyaka said:
GME tanking now
halted again

Why do they halt the stock?

RobHu · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:19

Gaygle said:
Why do they halt the stock?

There are automatic circuit breakers triggered by volatility. I believe it's a 10% movement in a certain amount of time.

sanaxe1 · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:19

Its circuit breaker if there is a 10% swing within 2mins the stock freezes. To let people catch their breath and not loose their heads.

Trusty · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:19

Gaygle said:
Why do they halt the stock?

stop irrational brains

StriderX · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:20

Hmm, when short sellers lose out where does their money end up?

Mesai · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:20

Trusty said:
They'll be left holding something that no one wants to buy

All of the people shorting it want to/have to buy them; that's the whole idea.

booyaka · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:21

Huge bounce off the halt - back up to 280 again

Mesai · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:21

StriderX said:
Hmm, when short sellers lose out where does their money end up?

With the people who sell them those shares/the broker.

tlrBeta · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:21

StriderX said:
Hmm, when short sellers lose out where does their money end up?

They pay up for end of contract or they go bankrupt.

Gaygle · 27 Jan 2021 at 15:22

RobHu said:
There are automatic circuit breakers triggered by volatility. I believe it's a 10% movement in a certain amount of time.

sanaxe1 said:
Its circuit breaker if there is a 10% swing within 2mins the stock freezes. To let people catch their breath and not loose their heads.

Does this occur with your classic everyday pump and dumps too?