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The OP thought that the shorts pay interest which is incorrect. Read his post. Every short sale requires a locate. Your answer muddles the reality. On easy to borrow no one pays interest, directly or indirectly. Above applies to your reply also. It doesn't answer hisquestion.

"He who laughs last will laugh most." I won't bet with your money that your bought 35000 shares at the open.:D

In order for you to go short the co. needs to borrow shares for you to sell. The notice is saying They are no longer able to borrow stock for your short position. You have two choices. You can close your position by buying the stock back or you can do nothing and let the broker buy the stock...

Unclear how much they are short.

This is not the 1930s under Franklin Delano Roosevelt. People distrust governments. They will not hand over their guns or their gold because governments order them to.

That is a zero opportunity order. To call it a long shot is a time waster. You had no intention of having your bid hit. People with out of the money options to expire in a few minutes don't sell for.02.

It is an old lesson. A Guru and his disciple were walking in the Himalayas back to their monastery. It was a long way and the roads were tough as it is a hilly region. On their way to the monastery there was a branch of river Ganga flowing fully though less violently. There was an young maiden...

prepaid debit card will keep anonymity.

Is this your sense of humor?

No, Some brokers are better in refreshing their locates during the day. I think R. Morse would have better insight to variations in brokers and particularly lightspeed

Where is premium locates located? Link please.

Put it in in quotation markets since it it is an old saying and not your original thought. You don't want to be accused of plagiarism:D.

Sure you can if you have enough paper. Germany 1920's

The margin account of some ET traders.:D

Out or up?:D

What FED chairman would admit the US is an insolvent country?

The same is true of a margin loan.

In a margin loan the borrower still owns the collateral and has the risk of a decline in the value of the collateral. Where is the offload?

2% of a large sum of money every year is a lot of loot. Who needs the unpredictable 20%? Just give me that 2%!

Milton Friedman had it right. let the money supply grow automatically 3% per year. This will lead to price stability. That the Fed has two mandates to maintain price stability and full employment can only lead to political interference as current events now show. The mandate for price stability...