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Most stocks? No. More stocks than in the past, I am sure. But out of six shorts I put on today I didn't have any problems with any rejections.

Do a search on Google News.

What is the rationale behind banning short-selling? How does that help the markets? Yeah, it works well for China. Not. :confused:

'Naked Shorting' Crackdown Exposed as Another Failed Effort to Prop Up Stocks by Aaron Task If the effort was primarily aimed to stem declines in Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, as was widely reported, the new SEC rules to prevent "naked shorting" are shaping up to be a miserable failure...

Great post.

Ok so what's your take on robbing convenience stores? I have a now ex-girlfriend who said she did it occasionally once a month or so, said she had no problem with it. Then she does it right in front of me and lies to me about doing it. Totally denies doing it, even though I knew for sure...

I hate you. I was working on two months without that happening.

Who on this thread is a paid poster? You really are a paranoid, bizarre individual.

It may be a function of what/how we trade then. For me, I trade intraday and close by 4:00EST. Most of my shorts are stocks with decent float...I would say for every 10 stocks I try to short, there are only 1 or 2 at the most I can't because shares are "not borrowable". Don't get me wrong - I...

I think it has little to no affect on most retail traders. Most brokers provide/keep/maintain a list of stocks available to short, and publish an "Easy to borrow" list of some sort. If you could short it yesterday, chances are you can short it tomorrow.

How many aliases does flytiger/PB have? LOL

A bit dramatic. I think you are PB, and if you spent time properly running your company instead of blaming everyone else for the problems - well then your shareholders would be better served. It is always someone/something else's fault. Who/what will be blamed now for management ineptitude?

WM

Below 2 now. edit - someone beat me to it.

I take back what I said about not having any problems. This morning my browser crashed with "waiting for GFTForex". I use Firefox, and have not had any problems before now.

No. Clarification - I don't feel the same as you. I enjoy daytrading.

Good quotes - thanks guys. I like this one from Mark Cuban...I am not sure it falls under motivational, but it is a good outlook to have. "Today is the youngest you will ever be. Act like it."

Why the misleading thread title?

The debates have not even started. We can meet here after the first one and discuss how it went if you want.