When
@TECH posted today "CLOSE OUT AT $1.295"
I didn't think he was predicting the closing price..
And what he said, stuck in my head..
Maybe this is more what he was talking about and perhaps he knows the "Close Out" price, of a couple of large brokers
..
There are possibly
still 70 to 80 million trapped shorts (borrowed) shares at under 90 cents and while they can hold on, at some point, the broker is going to say..
"Nutt, sorry, I'm buying back those shares to cover your account now!"..
Is that price $1.295?
And how many shorts affected?
What would that do to the share price? (obviously up from there, but how much?)..
Stay tuned.
The lender of the shares in a short sale can ask for the shares back at any time, with minimal notice, but this rarely happens.
www.investopedia.com
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- There are no set rules regarding how long a short sale can last before being closed out.
- The lender of the shorted shares can request that the shares be returned by the investor at any time, with minimal notice, but this rarely happens in practice so long as the short seller keeps paying their margin interest.
- A broker can force a short position to be closed if the stock rallies strongly, causing large losses and unmet margin calls.
- It is far more likely that the investor will close out the position before the lender will force the position closed.