I cant short linked in!

Why not?

 

please don't. don't buy it either. just watch it

 

when can I buy puts then?

 

Much safer than touching the stock. I believe the options should be expensive too.

I am profitable 10 months out of 12 months in a year and I have been profitable in the last 10 years and I have 15 years of trading experience. I might make money on LNKD but I don't want that profit. Don't trade it.

 

I think the rule is you can't short a stock within a month after the IPO

 

It's probably in your best interest that you can't short it. Srsly.

 

I believe it's 60days post IPO to be eligible to short. I'm not 100% positive.

 

then you should long it

 

Someone posted that he shorted a boat load of the shares on this thread (It was the third post) and now I see that he removed his post :eek:

 

Bugs at the porchlight.


At the risk of coming across as Moses, greed is the denial of risk.


With shares being brand new, in the clearing process, I would imagine it takes time to hypothicate shares in order to be borrowed.

Given the type of brokerage the OP probably deals with, I doubt they would let him borrow (assuming ANY were available). Fiduciary responsibilty.

Fills amidst the initial volatility would interesting.


I watched a guy in 1998 short EBAY around 30ish. Met margin calls for awhile. Lost 6 figures on that one position. EBAY peaked at about 119 in 2005 pre-split.