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thanks.

If yes, do they ever have to cover?

Is there any website or other way to find out what % of volume of a stock was bought in conjunction with upticks? Of particular concern to me is WHI.

Would that make you feel uncomfortable regardless of how cheap your entry point is?

Look at the fundamentals of WHI relative to market price/ market cap; mind boggling how cheap it is, especially after the LEHMAN ruling.

Nobody professes to know?

Is there any way to identify if a certain order is a market maker with level 2 or some special service?

Can anyone here suggest a stock that has anything similar to investment value to WHI?

what are you suggesting?

Eoption got cheaper ($3 plus $.10 per contract), and Optionhouse more expensive. Can anyone share their thoughts about quality of Eoption trading platform, and if it's agreed the issue of safety is moot since you go after the clearing firm anyway (in this case Penson)?

Recently, I became aware of the very high carry costs for HTB costs, which maybe all traders have, except the market maker (as it seems to me). The fact there is not a level playing field, and the fact the market maker is able to do tremendous damage to the stock price personally* and without...

Unless a retail trader has inside information, who would short a htb stock? If so, who are the stock bashers?

How about this new definition of "HTB"? 1) "Stocks which the market maker(s) is strongly pessimistic on,, and through his agents, arranges for himself a monopoly of the right to short the stock." OR 2) "Stocks which, if you buy in bulk, you can almost rest assured your counterparty to the trade...

When you say higher levels, I would imagine you mean market makers. B) Would you say, that stocks which are truly HTB and "inherently" have a high carry cost is another way of saying "the market maker merits exclusive rights to short this stock" and "BEWARE" to the retail trader?

A) So you're saying if Penson calls all stocks below $3 as HTB, and charge a fortune for carry fees, the fortune goes to Penson? B) What about in a situation like CTIC which even IB charges about 70%, who gets makes the money?

Does everyone pay these carrying costs?

Sorry, I should also add, Penson, the clearance firm, themselves, say that is their policy regarding stocks below $3. However, I am not sure if that is only with Penson...

I've gone through a whole list of stocks of below $3 and have found that they are all hard to borrow, at least as designated by a Penson broker. Also noticed isolated ones (e.g. DRL) above $3 are htb.

1. Can it be hard-to-borrow with one clearance firrm, and easy-to-borrow with another clearance firm? 2. Is the carry cost of maybe 40% to 100% for retail traders only? Also institutional traders? Are market makers exempted from the carry cost? 3. Assuming there are traders who can...

Mr. Trader Arb: If you were bullish on the stock, and saw this call/put disparity, would you not sell the stock and take on the synthetic long?