Retail traders blowing up on margin with no real-time risk visibility

Pain point

24x leverage ($312K equity on $7.8M position) with the holder apparently unaware how close they are to liquidation. Commenters do the math for him: "miles past a margin call," "What if this crashes 4% overnight?"

Signal

Strong engagement-per-upvote — post at 1.8K but the warning comment at **4.4K** (comment outweighs post 2:1, a sign the *risk* is the story). Recurring genre in r/wallstreetbets rather than a one-off.

Opportunity

"Liquidation Radar" — connect broker via SnapTrade/Plaid, show one number: *% market drop until margin call*, with push alerts at thresholds and overnight-gap stress tests. Freemium; upsell hedging suggestions. Feasibility: **quick** — the math is trivial; brokerage read-only aggregation APIs already exist. Caveat: regulatory framing (tool, not advice).

Evidence

• WSB margin post