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Can I use my long position stocks as margin for my short sold stocks?
200% margin for a short sale is outrageous. You should only need to put up 150% margin, of which 50% is your money, and the 100% is the proceeds.  With $100 of your money, you should be able to buy $100 of GOOG and short $100 of PNQI.