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Re:Privateer Holdings Hits the Jackpot with $12B Tilray Stake by LanceH on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @03:01PM (#18026795)
It's not shorting if you're holding, it's just and option.
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Re:Privateer Holdings Hits the Jackpot with $12B Tilray Stake by nostromo on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @03:40PM (#18027093)
People use “short” as a synonym for holding a put option all the time.
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Re:Privateer Holdings Hits the Jackpot with $12B Tilray Stake by notyourday on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @04:10PM (#18027312)
Being a long on in the money PUT is called synthetic short.
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