I was long hig 300 shares of hig. I see a triangle pattern going to the down side the resistance was 30. so I put in a sell stop order @29.85 for 1000 shares (making it 700 short when it hits my stop and the 300 to cover) so what happens? it falls, my shares get covered but I don't get the rest of the 700 fill. I mean WTF
HIG is not shortable, but in the future--- You can't "sell" and "short" on the same order ticket (your order would have been a 700 share "oversell" and thus a violation). Should have entered a 300 share sell stop order followed by a 700 share short order.
Anything related to financials and some which are not. MMM is shortable but IBM is not. Pretty screwed up.