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    Naked shorts had to cover today, or they have 3 days?

    what is the big deal with naked short selling? why not "just" short? i just dont get it. how can I naked short sell using retail broker? and one more question. in England, thay ban shorting financials. how can anyone buy if short is baned? thank you
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    Breaking News: SEC FINALLY Bans Naked Short Selling - Flytiger Vindicated

    hi can anyone please explain me how naked short selling is possible? I thought if I want to short I have to borrow first. how can I short without borrowing? and why should I do that if I can borrow? even now i can borrow GS, MS. thank you
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    Rick Santelli Strikes Again - Takedown of Steve Liesman

    Rick Santelli Strikes Again - Takedown of Steve Liesman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRDyMG7d2sY enjoy
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    CFTC Makes an Example Out of the Little Guy (Optiver) - Oil Manipulation Charges

    MARKING THE CLOSE is illegal. can anyone explain me on example, how it is done? and why it is illegal? P.S. it's illegal due to mutual fund who drive prices at the end of quarter to have better results
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    ULTIMATE HYPOCRISY: You can't 'naked short' certain equities, but 'Market Makers' can

    nice discussion, but I'm lost. I've red that naked short selling is legal only for MM. that they don't have to borrow shares. it's true, that I don't know exactly what MM does, how he works, how broker make money and how "locate" is done. but it is nice topic which bring me the question...
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    IB will eliminate intraday margin reductions. Commencing at 12:00 EST today

    to kickboxer, i'm just tired hearing moaning all the time IB raise margin. it's all the time. "ohh, what we will do. margin is now 3k. i have to go only with one contract."
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    IB will eliminate intraday margin reductions. Commencing at 12:00 EST today

    I thought that there are real traders here and it looks like, that lot of people have max 5-10k acct. If you don't have money do not trade. The way how to loose acct is to be under capitalize.
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    Ron Paul Humiliates Ben Bernanke so bad that CNBC had to cut him off.

    yeah, i did notice. i thought if this was on purpose or just "accident" anyway, since I'm not from US, why not anyone blame at first those people how took mortgages that can not afford?
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    Trader commits suicide

    I don't get it. you are saying "took a big hit and than killed himself" why would someone make suicide if he earn fortune. P.S. I'm not native English speaker so I hope i did translate correctly. anyway sympathies to you
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    Retail sales - inflation?

    Today's gain in retail sales is explained via "stimulus check". And how about inflation? example: before raising prise of milk, it cost $1. now it is $1,1. that is 10% increase in sales. so I wonder, how much is stimulus check and how much is inflation. maybe my thinking is totally...
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    Dennis Kneale CNCB is No 1 :-)

    i have cnbc in my TOS platform and watch mainly Rick Santeli. i daytrade so i do not have time to watch it properly (cnbc+bbg), just have it like "background sound"
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    Dennis Kneale CNCB is No 1 :-)

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=684140038&play=1 what is Dennis background? what did he do before cnbc? does he know anything about capital market?
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    Dennis Kneale CNCB is No 1 :-)

    for sure, it will be on cnbc web video lately. they were arguing about something and than Dennis just didn't let finish Gasparinos sentence and he said someting, that he is no1 (regarding Spitzer is no9). and than Dennis demanding for 20s an apology. Since nobody likes here Dennis, i thought it...
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    Dennis Kneale CNCB is No 1 :-)

    Did you just see what Gasparino told to Dennis? it was a nice argue. I wonder if Gasaprino will appologize
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    Eliot Spitzer

    since I'm not American i don't know this guy, but why he should resign just because he had a hooker? so what? even if marriage does not work and politics get divorced and have for example younger woman/man there is no reason to resign.
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    Best Prop Firms in NYC?

    smb capital? just watch wall street warriors season 2.
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    News service comparable to Trade The News

    I'm paying not more than $50. not audio. but some times they lag about 10-50s
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    quant skills ( VAR, greek analysis?)

    thnak you. that was my mistake. I thought the question with the wall and ball.
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    quant skills ( VAR, greek analysis?)

    what is the answer for a ball question? i think this is a more physical question, isn't it? thank you
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    What will happen to markets? (I'm not an amarican)

    Hello, since I'm not an American, could anyone tell me roughly , what could happen to markets if president will be democrat or republican. Or does it matter? Thank you
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