Comments on: SEC’s Order On Short Selling Might Exempt Market Makers http://wallstreetpit.com/311-secs-order-on-short-selling-might-exempt-market-makers Tue, 22 May 2012 19:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Babak http://wallstreetpit.com/311-secs-order-on-short-selling-might-exempt-market-makers#comment-1131 Babak Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:33:58 +0000 http://wallstreetpit.com/?p=311#comment-1131 In my recent blog post [ http://babaksjournal.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-efficient-shorting-tactic.html ], I propose a hopefully more efficient tactic for shorting involving setting up a net hedged position in 2 separate brokerage accounts. The tactic is designed to mitigate the regulatory hurdles that make it difficult to *time* the short sale of a hard-to-borrow stock. Shorts may find the idea useful. In my recent blog post [ http://babaksjournal.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-efficient-shorting-tactic.html ], I propose a hopefully more efficient tactic for shorting involving setting up a net hedged position in 2 separate brokerage accounts. The tactic is designed to mitigate the regulatory hurdles that make it difficult to *time* the short sale of a hard-to-borrow stock.

Shorts may find the idea useful.

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