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Re:High Short Interest Stocks by tedtonks87 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @06:51PM (#25951262)
naked short selling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_short_selling
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Re:High Short Interest Stocks by OJFord on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:39PM (#25952487)
No, naked refers to not having the borrow. More than 100% can be borrowed if someone buys it from someone who borrowed it and loans it to someone else. That's just short, whatever the percentage, not naked short.
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Re:High Short Interest Stocks by jcims on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:45PM (#25952542)
This helped me understand the difference, thanks!
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