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Re:Robinhood is facing nearly 50 lawsuits over GameStop frenzy by pwnguin on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:43AM (#26329823)
Short selling is absurdly risky, but selling put options should probably remain allowed.
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Re:Robinhood is facing nearly 50 lawsuits over GameStop frenzy by mlrtime on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:54AM (#26331065)
Probably? Selling short a put is long the stock.

I'm glad we aren't creating SEC rules based off of peoples' feelings.

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Re:Robinhood is facing nearly 50 lawsuits over GameStop frenzy by unethical_ban on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @12:52PM (#26331956)
Sure, I'm not lobbying the law to be changed on my feelings, but someone able to risk _infinity_ money in the hopes of a company's value decreasing does "feel" dangerous and wrong.
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