Does anyone have any insight as to whether or not the pilot program that allows shorting on a downtick will end on April 30, 2006, or will it be extended indefinitely?
Quote from alanm:
Unless there was an obvious manipulation of the A and B stocks relative to the C stocks so far, I doubt there will be any change until the trial period is almost over. That's the point of a long trial - to find statistical evidence to support what many have said all along - the uptick rule is unnecessary.
My bet is that, at the end of the trial period, the uptick rule will be completely removed, at least for the liquid big-cap stocks.