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If you pay attention to my post I mentioned that shorting would only be the way to go if rates come off of these lows. I mentioned that rates may be low for a while. If you think I am a misguided and uniformed just let me be, please. But if you have positive and meaningful information to...

Did you read my post at all??? Why would I short treasuries if I thought the rates were going to stay low, lol.

I never even thought of this but I ran across it in a thread on the yahoo message board for TBT. With treasuries having such low interest rates right now and hence the price of the t-note increased. Why not short the T-notes? I have read that these notes could be at these rates for a...

I shorted a stock that I think is going below $5 soon. It is at $6 now. When it goes below $5 and stays down there can I still hold it? Can I hold it to 20 cents? When I look at Scottrades site I see that the margin interest is 7.5% for the amount of this short ~20K Does this mean that...

I want to be able to get in and out of it fast, I do not want to invest in a mutual fund. There is a min investment for that fund to at 25K I think. Thanks tho.

That short ratio is scary. But I agree there could be a fad especially if it rallies pre market. I might watch this tomorrow early. All those shorts scare me though.

We've been trading flat for a month. I see no good news coming but there could always be bad news coming. The markets may not care anymore though so we shall see. I am throwing a dart and shorting that stock and paying the margin interest ;)

I know nothing and I mean nothing about FOREX. But I want to short the USD, should I buy the ETF: PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish (UDN)? Or is shorting the USD to some other particular currency better? And if so I guess I should start learning the FOREX, damn it.... Thanks