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Re: Ecostate post# 28645

Tuesday, 08/07/2012 4:23:08 PM

Tuesday, August 07, 2012 4:23:08 PM

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"Naked" may be meaning two different things here, sorry for the confusion.

When you short a stock, your broker borrows them (or lends you some of theirs). The stocks do exist on paper. From your own POV you may be selling them naked - from the market's perspective, you are not.

When a market maker shorts a stock, they don't need to exist in any way. This is the naked shorting I'm talking about.

You can read more at the "market maker" page on wikipedia, it explains it.
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