Real Time Short Interest

sfwind said:
The brokers should have real-time data, and I suspect their own trading desk is taking advantage of it...
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Actually, shorting and short interest is very murky, even for broker dealers. It's pretty incredible how shady that business is.
 
Robert Morse said:
I was not referring to a MM hedging their book. you buy 100 50D puts and they sell stock, as that order flow is still bearish and needs to be closed at some point. I was referring a long to a convertible bond, Warrant, preferred or stock swap from a take over and other situations where the short in the stock is not a bearish bet but a hedge to lock in a trade.
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Ok I see. Along those lines... Say I was a director (or even an employee I guess) in a company with an option to purchase and exercise shares at a later date and the stock is skyrocketing today but I think its going to drop for whatever reason. Is it legal for me to short the stock and basically put myself in a box position to protect my gains?
 
vanzandt said:
Ok I see. Along those lines... Say I was a director (or even an employee I guess) in a company with an option to purchase and exercise shares at a later date and the stock is skyrocketing today but I think its going to drop for whatever reason. Is it legal for me to short the stock and basically put myself in a box position to protect my gains?
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I'm not sure. I used to trade convertible warrants. They are priced like options but hard to borrow, so they generally trade with a premium. After I bought a block of warrants, I'd hedge them with shorting the stock. It is not only for insiders.
 
sle said:
Actually, shorting and short interest is very murky, even for broker dealers. It's pretty incredible how shady that business is.
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Since the brokers are facilitating the borrowing, I would assume they would know, especially the big ones serving hedgefunds
dinn13 said:
What company is providing real-time short interest forecasts? I currently get a daily drop from https://ihsmarkit.com/products/securities-finance.html So yeah I've found value in T-1 short interest data and so definitely would with real time data but not aware of anyone providing it
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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...ics-to-nasdaq-listed-companies-300661893.html
 
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