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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by matthewrobertso on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:16PM (#25947389)
>Why wouldn't you short GME after the price has risen so high?

Because the stock is already over 100% short and an army of retail investors is purchasing it

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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by whimsicalism on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:27PM (#25947585)
So? If you had shorted GME yesterday, you would make a bunch now that the price has collapsed.
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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by matthewrobertso on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:33PM (#25947702)
What if the price goes up further? It's already rebounded 50% from the short ladder/blatant robinhood manipulation. Why put yourself on the hook for something during a black swan event?
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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by whimsicalism on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:41PM (#25947834)
> Why put yourself on the hook for something during a black swan event?

Because that is also often when it is a good time to make money.

It's entirely unsurprising to me that short pressure on the stock would increase after this.

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