“Lend them to me, I’ll pay you later” sounds personally shady to me. Sorry if I’m wrong, it’s just me.
Well that's good, because that is naked shorting, you don't have control over the stock, which is also illegal. So you are smart enough to recognize illegality as 'shady'. But what you said was shorting was 'shady' and in that you are FOS.
Sorry if I’m wrong, it’s just me.
Your name is wrong? Should've been sorry.
Why is it shady? It's the same as a mortgage or a car loan. They lend you dollars now and you pay them back later. In a short transaction you borrow shares now and pay them back later. What's shady about that?