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Re: hallboy73 post# 34837

Friday, 04/04/2014 4:35:41 PM

Friday, April 04, 2014 4:35:41 PM

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"Although, I still don't completely understand shorting. Seems hella risky to me"

It is, and it's also ruinously expensive - you need to pony up $2.50 in margin for each share you short.

That's why virtually nobody shorts penny stocks even when like TEMN it's obvious they are scams. Tim Sykes claims to, but he's an exception.

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