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That would be a silly point. Puts don't even show up in the short interest and are a great way to short a stock.
by weird-eye-issue 5y ago
That would be a silly point. Puts don't even show up in the short interest and are a great way to short a stock.
- gruez 5y agoThey do, indirectly because market makers hedge the puts they sell by shorting the underlying. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/deltagamma-hedging.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/deltagamma-hedging.asp
- weird-eye-issue 5y agoNot every put seller gamma hedges. And the extent to which they do depends on how ITM the option is.