Hello ETF forums. I have simple questions: Are any shorting rules on ETFs. Investopedia says that ETF are exempt from uptick regulations. http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/06/uptickruleETFs.asp Does that mean All ETFs (about 1000 of them) are exempt? Is there anything that I am missing? Thank you for feedback
The uptick rule is currently not active. All shortable ETF's (many are hard to locate) and shortable stocks can currently be shorted after a downtick.
monstimal Thanks for reply. But currently there are definitely some rules for stocks that are down over 10% on a day. Either way I do not care about stocks. I wanted to ask around about ETFs since I know different rules apply to etfs
MoonWalker99 You asked about the uptick rule. I told you the answer. Many ETFs are currently subjected to the Single Stock Circuit Breaker rules but some are not. For example, here are some that are: http://sec.gov/rules/sro/nasdaq/2010/34-62414-ex3.pdf As far as your other question, the answer is yes.