Samueli says he hopes this article will attract a benefactor to help him and his wife weather the crisis. Mayhem and the market Cameron's boyfriend, Chris Pruitt, was in the Atlanta branch of All-Tech when Mark Barton, a disgruntled customer, shot up the office. Pruitt called Cameron that day following the shooting. The incident proved a tragic coda to her entire trading experience. Like many other day traders, she often borrowed money from the firm to boost her buying power.
Margin calls require account holders to put up more cash or liquidate the account.
Cameron usually put up more cash. To that end, she closed other brokerage accounts one by one. She sold her grand piano, her mahogany pool table and her hot tub. I wanted to, to have more money to trade. She says the ordeal took a terrific toll.