Unable to short IWM using IB

Discussion in 'Interactive Brokers' started by Bob111, Jan 31, 2011.

  1. I have only one thing to say to this: fuxx you!!! You are the moron here, nobody else. Get your act together and take it like a man not like a little girl. Or do you ride your bike wearing high heels and pink panties? Enough said!!!


     
    #11     Mar 3, 2011
  2. Bob111

    Bob111

    nice mess with IB's short list at open...half of the stocks are not available for short
     
    #12     Mar 21, 2011
  3. Your strategy depends on all names being available at all times for shorting at IB, else your position melts down? Just wondering.
     
    #13     Mar 21, 2011
  4. Bob111

    Bob111

    no..but when all of sudden 1/2-1/3 of the "usual" list is not available and majority of stocks that are hitting my price levels right now are not shortable , it's make me... disappointed?
     
    #14     Mar 21, 2011
  5. Bob111

    Bob111

    1/3 of usual IB short list is not available for short once again. how should i use this data? as a contrary indicator? :p
     
    #15     Apr 21, 2011
  6. tango29

    tango29

    I guess you didn't dump IB.
     
    #16     Apr 21, 2011
  7. def

    def Sponsor

    I just saw your post and checked the web site and lo and behold the short list is fine and there are 3,100,000 shares IWN available for shorting with 8700+ names in total available for shorting.

    Note the date/time from the screenshot in the attached (and second note, I thought better and deleted the first two sentences on what I was going to post)
     
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    #17     Apr 21, 2011
  8. Bob111

    Bob111

    what's going on with IB short list recently? it's getting smaller and smaller every single day. from 12K+ symbols to just a bit over 8K in just a couple weeks
     
    #18     Oct 11, 2011
  9. Hey Bob, didn't you get the email from IB back in September about no margin on stocks with a market cap less than 250 million? Don't worry, IB didn't bother to send the stinking email to me either.

    I only know about it from this ET thread.

    http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=227360

    Makes the old IB short list a lot shorter.
     
    #19     Oct 12, 2011
  10. asaik, its not no margin, no short, its 100 margin on the short
     
    #20     Oct 12, 2011