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Aug 23, 2019
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NacoCoug
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Feels like a hack
So you are selling shares that you dont own? Why wouldn't the brokerage just sell them? And how does the brokerage owning shares facilitate trading?
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Hey finance guys. Question about shorting a stock
NacoCoug
8/23/19 10:59pm
Instead of initiating with a buy, you initiate with a sell. Then you have to
RyneK
8/23/19 11:02pm
Feels like a hack
NacoCoug
8/23/19 11:08pm
The securities lending market is a separate market
Coog4Life
8/23/19 11:11pm
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RyneK
8/23/19 11:13pm
So does the borrower ever pay the price for the stock or just the interest on
NacoCoug
8/23/19 11:17pm
Wait, what I said doesnt make sense. Is it that they give the cash for the stock
NacoCoug
8/23/19 11:21pm
correct
Coog4Life
8/23/19 11:25pm
So shorting has come from institutions needing cash?
NacoCoug
8/23/19 11:36pm
no, these are distinct markets
Coog4Life
8/23/19 11:50pm
You mean not all that borrow are shorting?
NacoCoug
8/23/19 11:53pm
correct
Coog4Life
8/23/19 11:53pm
It’s the brokerage firm that the client is trading with not another client
Jersey hunter
8/23/19 11:11pm
Uh...no
KSwiss
8/24/19 1:26am
You borrow the shares from your broker's inventory, quick as buying long. It has
MatthiasG
8/24/19 12:00am
Easy way to understand it, you're buying low, selling high, just doing it in
MatthiasG
8/24/19 12:07am
Dumb it down more. Use a stock for the example. Like FB.
timponyloco
8/24/19 3:43am
There’s plenty of that already, knock yerself out
MatthiasG
8/24/19 5:43pm
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