Well its either another ill informed journalist or its an interesting statistic. I guess for intraday positions in the larger liquid stocks it might be possible but it seems highly unlikely. I would love to know where the figure came from.
We will have all the answers at the end of the week. We can compare the volume from two weeks ago to this week and see what is missing. That will be the shorts.
All will be revealed.
Please for F sake don't anyone compare last weeks Futs rollover to this weeks and say that's short volume or I am going to get Extremely F'en grumpy.
Nah that triple witching stuff is all bollocks. No such thing as witches
Don't give a toss about three witches but do ya wanna put some money on the fact that Wed, Especially Tuesday and Fridays jump in volume was Sep SPI Futs delivery/Rollover/Arb unwind??
Of course these could be just another HUGE coincidence that the dates of these spikes are, Thu 21st Jun 07, Thu 20 sep 07, Thu 20th Dec 07, Thu Mar 20th 08, Thu 19th Jun 08 & Thu 18th Sep 08. The same day as Futs expiry
Haha - bit of tongue in cheek on my behalf TH
Here's one 100 times worse than shorts. Retail broker account being able to trade on T3. There are actual threads on this forum and others of FOOLS daytrading without ANY money!!!
But thats ok because they are longs
If a company takes out a loan that depends on stock price they have only themselves to blame when things go wrong (as they surely do).
It's not a game and it's not there for the benefit of ASF readers.
Most of the posts here appear to be basically founded in greed. A market which rockets up and down way out of proportion to any sensible valuation of the stocks is great for stock traders but not much good for anyone else in society. The amazing part is the posts about how bad it is the government "changing the rules of the game". It's not a game and it's not there for the benefit of ASF readers.
A market which rockets up and down way out of proportion to any sensible valuation of the stocks is great for stock traders but not much good for anyone else in society.
The amazing part is the posts about how bad it is the government "changing the rules of the game". It's not a game and it's not there for the benefit of ASF readers.
It benefits nobody except a few greedy stock traders who are, themselves, doing something intrinsically non-productive.
Agreed. However if you make statements like that on this thread you run the risk of upsetting about 60% of contributors because the truth of the statement can not be understood or accepted by them.
Based on what criteria?Most of the posts here appear to be basically founded in greed.
Perhaps if some companies considered their actions on society the market may not see companies go down. But who pushes them up well over what is considered overpriced? Ah, those ethical guys and gals right? The ones considering society. The one's who aren't greedy right?A market which rockets up and down way out of proportion to any sensible valuation of the stocks is great for stock traders but not much good for anyone else in society.
What is the game? Are you confusing game with business?The amazing part is the posts about how bad it is the government "changing the rules of the game". It's not a game and it's not there for the benefit of ASF readers.
Agreed. However if you make statements like that on this thread you run the risk of upsetting about 60% of contributors because the truth of the statement can not be understood or accepted by them.
I'm sure the many private investors, funds and market makers that had legal open short positions to the tune of millions of dollars would agree that its not a game and hence changing the rules dramatically from one day to the next without warning is highly irresponsible.
I myself treat lots of things as games, but I like to stay aware
You may not like it pointed out but your "investing" is no different to my 30 second trades.
I'm quite aware of that. We are indeed playing the same zero sum game. (Except when some of us actually invest in the company directly and give it capital to work with, but I don't do that often.) I'm just not complaining that someone's taken part of the game away. If someone takes part of my game away, I'll look for other options (so to speak).
Most of the posts here appear to be basically founded in greed.
A market which rockets up and down way out of proportion to any sensible valuation of the stocks is great for stock traders but not much good for anyone else in society.
The amazing part is the posts about how bad it is the government "changing the rules of the game". It's not a game and it's not there for the benefit of ASF readers.
How do you stay aware?
What do you treat as games?
Most of the posts here appear to be basically founded in greed. A market which rockets up and down way out of proportion to any sensible valuation of the stocks is great for stock traders but not much good for anyone else in society.
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