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Re:The GameStop Story You Think You Know Is Wrong by jinkyu on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @09:23AM (#26013797)
RH may have ran out of cash but they were still trading all non-meme stocks. how does this author explain that?
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Re:The GameStop Story You Think You Know Is Wrong by kchr on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @11:37AM (#26015390)
The collateral requirements are way higher for stocks that are heavily shorted, if I understand it all correctly. Meaning RH had to front more money for these stocks to continue allow trading during the 2 day waiting period for executions to fall through.
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Re:The GameStop Story You Think You Know Is Wrong by valuearb on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @09:50AM (#26014035)
It’s called DTCC collateral requirements. These are things you should know about if you are going to try to profit from a short squeeze.
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