• roguetrick@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      Most you can short it in a day is 10 percent right? I dunno if they’re disciplined enough.

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        10 months ago

        No, but a 10% drop from the prior close triggers a short sell restriction for a full trading session. In that event, you can only short on upticks in price. Unless you are day trading shorts, it’s a meaningless restriction that’s easily abusable by HFTs.

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          10 months ago

          I’m not knowledgeable about it for sure, it just seems rather next to impossible to tank an IPO with borrowed shares alone.