[bitterohiogunclinger]

I know this will sound silly, but wouldn’t it make sense to have basic verifications built into the trading process? You know, little things that prevent you from selling shares you don’t have and buying shares with cash that doesn’t exist?

[dread78645]

I know this will sound silly, but wouldn’t it make sense to have basic verifications built into the trading process? You know, little things that prevent you from selling shares you don’t have and buying shares with cash that doesn’t exist?

So you'd want to ban short sells and margin accounts?

Fine by me, but something tells me a whole lot of investors will be very, very unhappy with you ... swinging from a lamppost unhappy.
Just sayin' ;->

[glorgau]

but wouldn’t it make sense to have basic verifications built into the trading process?

That would take extra resources to code, test, and monitor. Probably get manually over-ridden most of the time anyway.