Futures constitute a contract with a notional value, terms like long and short are misleading. Buying and selling represent taking opposing sides of the contract, as opposed to an equity transaction where there is delivery of a security, or an actual securitized asset. I suggest you familliarize yourself with the basics of futures contracts before you speulate on regulation.
banning short selling would have been considered unthinkable until about 2 hours ago, pinhead to ask if this would be extended to futures is not an unreasonable question
they will ban short on index futures. you will choose between the market going up or going up a lot. you will have that other person betting on the different outcome. dont you love a patriotic bullish america
Thank you for your reply, again read my statement and do some research. You are not long an sp or are short an sp, you are entered into a financially settled contract with a counterparty against the underlying index on expiration. For every short, there is a long. Good trading and have a nice day!