They just banned short selling in US

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by nitro, Sep 18, 2008.

  1. okay, now they are doing something. finally. i am impressed with this action of the SEC.
     
    #181     Sep 19, 2008
  2. The real irony is that you are commenting on this with no real relevance or the slightest ability for your tiny brain to comprehend the implications.

    Anyways... After realizing 95% of the comments I was reading, from prototypical losers like the above, were diluting my own trading decisions I stopped coming here, took a break and margined a shitload of ultra short in December and took a break. If you look back when you when the subprime fiasco started to rear it's ugly head, we all knew this was coming and nothing would stop it, no more than you could stop Ike from coming ashore.

    Everything else between then and now was just noise and I tuned out.

    What's next... I don't know... I got of the short etf position yesterday after the rally because I was afraid something ridiculous like this would happen.

    I just had to see what the reaction was on here... and I concur, this is utter BS... from the bailouts to the short ban. This is not free market. This is socialized losses with realized profits... a zero risk game. I don't care what the implications are of the failure, it's not free market.

    At least if everyone agrees that certain failures would end life as we know, then at least some people should spend a couple decades in a prison for being responsible for an event that ends up with more financial cost than a fucking war.
     
    #182     Sep 19, 2008
  3. Maybe next, they should ban selling. :p
     
    #183     Sep 19, 2008
  4. Won't really matter. So we get this goverment induced rally. Earnings are on deck very soon. They are going to suck.

    Have we seen the low? not until we see a higher high.

    So we traded in a 60 point ES ragge fro close to three months, plsying ping pong with most of the moves occuring in a few minutes. Back and fourth we went.

    Then we broke the lower end of that trading range and made a lower low. Now thats to goverment pumping we are now right back to the lower end again.

    I see nothing here that suggests going hog wild on a long position.
     
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    #184     Sep 19, 2008
  5. lol :D :D :D
     
    #185     Sep 19, 2008
  6. Anyone have the list of the 799?
     
    #186     Sep 19, 2008
  7. Don't worry. The government will dig into its pocket to make up the difference. :D
     
    #187     Sep 19, 2008
  8. #188     Sep 19, 2008
  9. belmondo

    belmondo

    if short selling is baned how can I buy? WHO will sell me the stock if he can not short?
     
    #189     Sep 19, 2008
  10. Splat

    Splat

    I think u meant dig into 'your' pocket :D
     
    #190     Sep 19, 2008