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Re: lilpuppy6 post# 73170

Monday, 01/16/2017 2:49:49 PM

Monday, January 16, 2017 2:49:49 PM

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The discussion is about market makers borrowing OUR shares. If I hold 10000 shares of a stock and put in a sell order on those 10000 shares, the broker can't lend out MY 10000 shares. You're talking about "Naked Short Selling" which is supposed to be illegal. The discussion here is about "Short Selling" by the market makers and borrowing those shares from brokers. The MM's can naked short in extreme market conditions to provide liquidity, but they then have to borrow the shares from brokers. Comparing Naked short selling and normal short selling is like comparing apples with bread.

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Naked_Short_Selling_vs_Short_Selling