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How can one short it efficiently?
by throw98987 9y ago
How can one short it efficiently?
- icahnvalyou 9y agoMost online brokers don't have lending inventory available yet. TD won't let me short.
- notyourday 9y agoOf course they don't. Settlement time is T+3. Unless you are MM, until the first IPO + 3 days no shares can be located. At T+3 it will go into hard to borrow list.
- icahnvalyou 9y agoTIL
- nailer 9y agoOutside the US, you can do OTC derivatives via Spread Betting. Eg, give me/take from me a pound for every point this stock moves for/against my bet. Most spread betting providers in the UK carry NASDAQ stocks. Note the downside is unlimited when you short via spread betting. Eg, there's no maximum value of a stock, so you might get proper f'd.
- 013a 9y agoThe downside is not unlimited when purchasing put options.
- austenallred 9y agoI mean this in the kindest way possible: If you don’t know the answer to that question, you shouldn’t be shorting anything. Especially not at IPO.
- trive_news 9y agoYou could buy the stock of a competitor if you can't get any stock to borrow for short sale.
- droidist2 9y agoWhat's their main competitor? Oracle?
- notyourday 9y agoIt will be optionable soon. Buy out of money puts.