[proxy_user]

He has a complete tinfoil outfit - matching coat, vest, and trousers.

Just think about it for a minute. You buy a stock today for $30. If your broker doesn’t get the stock for you until Friday, what if it’s $40 then? Disregarding all the rules, laws and regulations they are required to follow, do you think they’d risk their own money like that?

[spanalot]

I think the problem is the illegal “dilution”
of the stock that sends it south.

[GregoryFul]

Uh, no, your broker never gets the stock for your account - unless you ask for delivery of the certificates. Your broker floats the shares in various ways for the duration. SEC recently announced it will be investigating various practices involving "short selling".

Money from nothing...