A lot of bad news circulating around, fear is back

Maybe u are right, the whole world going to digest this fear factor for quite some time

The last crisis.. went to 1,6XX only.. I am buying into china now... 1st dip done at 2,000, next at 1,900

ok... no more property share on hand

I got margin call

I get margin call when I breach the approved margin.
My approved margin is 60%.
Example my share margin is 100k. And total portfolio is 200k. So the margin is 100/200 = 50%. When the stock price goes lower and lower, this means the value of the portfolio becomes lower.  Example, 100/170 = 58.8%. So I am still safe.
If the price goes even lower, then I'll get margin call. Example, 100/160 = 62.5%

suddenly rebound again.. what a swing...

SSEC recover to almost green liao..
thats an intraday 5% swing... roller coaster

No. The share financing or margin financing is not 2-3x of cash value. The financier will give you an approved limit. Example, 100k. You cannot borrow more than 100k. But at the same time, you don't need to use all the 100k. you can use 0, 20k, 45k.... up to you. It's like an overdraft ready for you to use.

They have certain rules like earlier example, the margin must not be more than 60% of the portfolio, or collateral. So, if you deposit 10k and buy 50k of stock, this means you borrow 40k margin. Then 40/50 = 80%... above the 60% limit. Financier will ask you to top up the collateral with cash or sell.
If you deposit 10k and buy 15k stock, this means you borrow 5k. So 5/15 = 33%. This is below the approved limit so there is no margin call. Is considered the bank loan you money to buy share. This amount will charge you interest.

Beware also that not all the stocks is valued at 100%. For example, I buy ABC share and bank only take 80% of it's value as collateral. So if market price for my ABC stock is 50k, bank will only assume it is worth 40k when calculating whether I have breached the margin limit or not.

If I'm not mistaken, I think short shares means to sell shares that we actually don't have, right? I think it is not allowed in M'sia.

You need to make arrangement with investment banks, aka borrow shares from investment before can short sell.

It is called regulated short selling, only certain stock can be shorted that are listed in RSS.

You cannot simply short sell without any arranged borrowed shares from investment banks.

Order History shows - RM4.20
Portfolio Summary shows - RM4.18

today luster dropping like flies....very the action