Tired of unavailable shorts at IB

[barnes99]

Quote from traderbambu:

Toonces

That list looks like a joke - it is simply not true.

Try these today:

- BOOM, 3.2mill volume, $17 stock
- PACT 7.2mill volume, $11 stock
- LMIA 1.4mill volume, $7.50 stock

They are not on the list - and they are not available for short. Trust me: there a lot more stocks that are not on the list and are not available for borrow either.

Best,

Speedtrader has BOOM and PACT avail., but not LMIA

 

[NEWJim]

Quote from barnes99:

Guys, try speedtrader or Alliance trader
using the DAS software

Excellent short availability, all the goodies
TASR RIMM KMRT GOOG and more

Very rare they dont have what im' trying
to short available

But what are their Commissions, Barnes99? Are they inline with IB's?

 

[def]

Bebe,

As I mentioned to you personally via PM last month, we (IB) are in negotiations with a major bank which should improve the short availability. This will hopefully be concluded before year end. All I can state that a deal is in the works. When I hear more, I'll let you know.

 

[zdreg]

Quote from def:

Bebe,

As I mentioned to you personally via PM last month, we (IB) are in negotiations with a major bank which should improve the short availability. This will hopefully be concluded before year end. All I can state that a deal is in the works. When I hear more, I'll let you know.

let everyone know.

 

[def]

Quote from zdreg:

let everyone know.

a few deals are in motion that should improve our short list dramatically on 3 fronts. Around mid-to the end of January they will start to be phased in.

 

[Lefty62151]

I remember having problems with my shorts a while ago

 

[alanm]

I was happily able to short MVL pre-market at IB today, while it was not available at two other large firms.

 

[Sparohok]

I was not able to short TKF or CHN today at Interactive Brokers, but RedSky had them. Of the stocks I have tried to short in the last few months, every single one was available at RedSky and less than a quarter were available at Interactive Brokers.

I'm not affiliated with either broker other than being a customer of both.

Martin

 

[def]

Quote from Sparohok:

I was not able to short TKF or CHN today at Interactive Brokers, but RedSky had them. Of the stocks I have tried to short in the last few months, every single one was available at RedSky and less than a quarter were available at Interactive Brokers.

I'm not affiliated with either broker other than being a customer of both.

Martin

while our list is pretty good, as I mentioned above, you should see great improvements starting mid to the end of January.

 

[fusionz]

How's the progress of getting more available shorts? Helps to short a lot in this market, and kinda sad that a very big discount broker has more much available shorts than IB.