"Can’t you put a sell limit order for your shares, at like $25, to keep them from loaning them out? That’s what I did but who knows if it works."
I don't think that works...
I recently signed up with the fully paid lending with fidelity and placed a fair number of shares with a sell order (to test the theory) and all my all shares are listed as still eligible to borrow.
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