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October 22nd, 2012, 07:51 PM

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IB and the Ability to Borrow Stock for Short Selling

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Posted By djkiwi

Hi, it's under account -> reference - > short...

Hi, it's under account -> reference - > short stock availability -> bulk.

Cheers
DJ

Forum: Brokers

October 22nd, 2012, 02:38 AM

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IB and the Ability to Borrow Stock for Short Selling

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Posted By djkiwi

VanderTrader, the borrowing rates are all over...

VanderTrader, the borrowing rates are all over the map and can change rapidly as you have experienced with share availability of VXX. Did you know there is daily report you can download from IB that...

Forum: Brokers

October 19th, 2012, 03:20 PM

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IB and the Ability to Borrow Stock for Short Selling

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Posted By djkiwi

I realize it isn't leveraged. I'm not sure if...

I realize it isn't leveraged. I'm not sure if you noticed but there are also many other non leveraged stocks that are sometimes hard to borrow. The bigger issue for me has been some of the...

Forum: Brokers

October 19th, 2012, 02:39 PM

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IB and the Ability to Borrow Stock for Short Selling

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Posted By djkiwi

Hi. I don't trade the Vxx but is not uncommon for...

Hi. I don't trade the Vxx but is not uncommon for IB to have no shares available to borrow particularly for heavily traded leveraged ETFs. Have you looked at TD? It's a good alternative I use.

You...

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