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Re: ed7777777 post# 49448

Wednesday, 12/15/2021 10:50:58 AM

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 10:50:58 AM

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Those links are from 2010 and not relevant today as the Reg SHO has been changed many time.

The “off shore shorting” myth is widely invoked in the OTC. For those that understand Securities Rules and Regulations know this is pure myth.

But like every good myth there has to be a small element of truth to it to keep it alive.

Many many years ago long before the various Reg Sho rules were put into place, a few OTC stocks were dual listed on a foreign corrupt exchange. Two biggies were the Berlin Boerse and the VSE. When they were listed there they could be shorted and not show up in any reporting regime within the US.

But in ALL cases the stock was clearly visible on that exchange and all the trades were outside the US not on a US Exchange or the OTC.

So that practice many many years ago is what lead to this “foreign naked shorting” myth for stocks only trading in the US....which has never been possible as all trades in the US must be through a broker registered in the US.

And since then, a LOT has also changed.

No one shorts a trips stock as it isn't economically feasible. And in particular no one is shorting DRNK.

Insiders dumping is causing the price to drop.

IG

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