Short Sale update

stock777 · Apr 29, 2005

These stocks will start trading like the futures, where they whip around wildly when you least expect it,

You can short futures any time you like. You rich yet?

bdon · Apr 29, 2005

Quote from Avid_Consumer:

is it possible the timing of this is somehow aimed to start trapping more eager money on the short side, since the market is cutting some lows here. is there any way in which this could actually give these stocks some lift at a time when a lot of them probably need it

no idea, just wondering

No. This plan was made public a year ago with this May 1st date always targeted. It had been more of a wondering if it would actually happen

size · Apr 29, 2005

Quote from stock777:

These stocks will start trading like the futures, where they whip around wildly when you least expect it,

You can short futures any time you like. You rich yet?

They probably even think that they are better off with the pennies rather than nickels or teenies.

ratboy88 · Apr 29, 2005

Quote from bdon:

No. This plan was made public a year ago with this May 1st date always targeted. It had been more of a wondering if it would actually happen

actually may 1st is not the orig date.

Hydroblunt · Apr 29, 2005

Quote from stock777:

These stocks will start trading like the futures, where they whip around wildly when you least expect it,

You can short futures any time you like. You rich yet?

That's what I expect but what about the thinner stocks. Might be able to set off sell stops in their wide spreads.

bdon · Apr 29, 2005

Quote from ratboy88:

actually may 1st is not the orig date.

Whether or not it is the original date of the original plan that you read about in 1994 ratboy is irrelevant. It was a date picked around a year ago and thus not a date that came out of the blue just as the market is taking a beating, and short interest is particularly high. Thus some grand wizard is not trying to tempt more shorts into the market for a grande squeeze as the original conspiracy theorist that I replied to had pondered.

ratboy88 · Apr 29, 2005

Quote from bdon:

Whether or not it is the original date of the original plan that you read about in 1994 ratboy is irrelevant. It was a date picked around a year ago and thus not a date that came out of the blue just as the market is taking a beating, and short interest is particularly high. Thus some grand wizard is not trying to tempt more shorts into the market for a grande squeeze as the original conspiracy theorist that I replied to had pondered.

no need to be an ass about it.

Hydroblunt · Apr 29, 2005

Quote from bdon:

Thus some grand wizard is not trying to tempt more shorts into the market for a grande squeeze as the original conspiracy theorist that I replied to had pondered.

Sounds like a good scheme regardless, short interest is already quite high. I think the conspiracy idea is valid, put on your tinfoil hats, cross your fingers and buy buy buy for the rocketship ready to take off.

stock777 · Apr 30, 2005

This is the Nazzty List.

http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/aspx/regshopilotlist.aspx

Trading might actually be fun again. We'll see.

Copernicus · Apr 30, 2005

Quote from bdon:

(2) short sales in any security included in the Russell 1000 Index effected between 4:15 p.m. EST and the open of the consolidated tape the following day

does this mean that stocks in the Pilot B List have the ss rule suspended only in after hours, but not regular hours?

the sec statements always confuse the hell out of me.