HOW THE HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO MAKE MONEY IN THIS MARKET THEN?
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The fed kicked me in the teeth on 3 occasions ... wed/thurs/fri going into options expiration ,,, banning short seling shouldn’t be done ,,, just ensure through fines that brokers have the shares on hand and borrowable to short legally ... the problem is in naked shorts and the huge positions that some companies such as GS take knowing that their positions aren’t legal ,,, but their illegal moves are ignored by regulators... as for me I’m buying long in companies with big short positions knowing that no new short positions can be opened which will presumably bump prices as eventually the rising overall market will raise even the “dogs” that have such high short positions against them...
brokers have the shares on hand and borrowable to short legally
point, as long as it’s real money and stocks, short and long should both be options