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Back when I was heavily into scalping and day trading, certain platforms were better to use depending on what you were trading. TOS/Schwab had fairly decent charting and was good for trading shares, but there was a delay with options quotes (don't know if they ever fixed that) ETrade was good for shorting because for a fee you could short HTB shares that weren't available to short on other brokers Fidelity had really good level II, and I swear I got better fills on options trades with them than other brokers for a while IBKR was one of the first to let you trade SPX options during premarket and overnight trading ....And then there's the platforms I used to trade futures like TradeNinja and Tradovate, but I think you get my point There was never a good one size fits all unless you were only focusing on one type of trading vehicle/trading style
For situations like this, I generally avoid tickers with hard-to-borrow issues altogether and stick with index options like SPX. No borrow fees, cash settlement, and you sidestep the whole HTB warning problem. I’ve also found it’s better to focus on one instrument rather than spreading your attention across many different tickers. The longer you trade SPX, the more you start to recognize its behavior and patterns - it becomes quite predictable over time. Advanced AutoTrades sends SPX credit spread signals I can execute hands-off. That way, I’m trading a highly liquid underlying with clean fills, no borrow constraints, and clearly defined risk per trade. Even if you’re doing it manually, SPX spreads tend to be easier to manage, especially around assignment risk, since you’re dealing with cash settlement instead of stock delivery...
For situations like this, I generally avoid tickers with hard-to-borrow issues altogether and stick with index options like SPX. No borrow fees, cash settlement, and you sidestep the whole HTB warning problem. I’ve also found it’s better to focus on one instrument rather than spreading your attention across many different tickers. The longer you trade SPX, the more you start to recognize its behavior and patterns - it becomes quite predictable over time. Advanced AutoTrades sends SPX credit spread signals I can execute hands-off. That way, I’m trading a highly liquid underlying with clean fills, no borrow constraints, and clearly defined risk per trade. Even if you’re doing it manually, SPX spreads tend to be easier to manage, especially around assignment risk, since you’re dealing with cash settlement instead of stock delivery...
For situations like this, I generally avoid tickers with hard-to-borrow issues altogether and stick with index options like SPX. No borrow fees, cash settlement, and you sidestep the whole HTB warning problem. I’ve also found it’s better to focus on one instrument rather than spreading your attention across many different tickers. The longer you trade SPX, the more you start to recognize its behavior and patterns - it becomes quite predictable over time. Advanced AutoTrades sends SPX credit spread signals I can execute hands-off. That way, I’m trading a highly liquid underlying with clean fills, no borrow constraints, and clearly defined risk per trade. Even if you’re doing it manually, SPX spreads tend to be easier to manage, especially around assignment risk, since you’re dealing with cash settlement instead of stock delivery.
For situations like this, I generally avoid tickers with hard-to-borrow issues altogether and stick with index options like **SPX**. No borrow fees, cash settlement, and you sidestep the whole HTB warning problem. I’ve also found it’s better to focus on one instrument rather than spreading your attention across many different tickers. The longer you trade SPX, the more you start to recognize its behavior and patterns - it becomes quite predictable over time. **Advanced AutoTrades** sends SPX credit spread signals I can execute hands-off. That way, I’m trading a highly liquid underlying with clean fills, no borrow constraints, and clearly defined risk per trade. Even if you’re doing it manually, SPX spreads tend to be easier to manage, especially around assignment risk, since you’re dealing with cash settlement instead of stock delivery.
Do you want to name names? If you're worried about a near-term pullback and want to protect your profits without risking getting the shares called away you can: 1) Pony up for some puts on the underlying. 2) Take an offsetting short position in other *very highly correlated* name(s). Because of the imperfect hedge here, I wouldn't go 1:1...maybe only hedge 60-70%. You can also be selective about the cost to borrow on different underlyings, AND you get to earn interest on the deposited cash (less borrow cost...be careful b/c HTB stocks can easily cost more than you earn on the cash).
If you're an MM holding a long call and short shares, exercising to flatten deltas in one transaction might be preferable to two separate transactions. I'm not a MM, but I've been assigned on slightly OTM calls for HTB stocks. When borrow rates climb into the 500%+ range, decisions can vary from the norm.
Even if it's $14.90 and you have the $15 call, why not buy the HTB shares at $14.90 before market close instead of exercising the slightly OTM option and buying at $15? Like I don't get the logic of using the option here to buy shares. You can anyway buy shares without an option.
Either a mistake by the long holder, or in some cases a OTM call may be exercised to close a short position before a long weekend if it's HTB and rates are very high.
HTB tends to increase the price of OTM put spreads. It also makes your short put more resistant to early assignment. But if your put is assigned early, obviously that won't make you short, so it doesn't increase your direct exposure to borrow fees. The only real risk there is that the short put will collect some of the borrow fee, but the long shares mostly won't, so you will probably miss out on some of the carry with long shares versus short put. >My understanding is that if the short leg is assigned, TOS would automatically exercise the long leg as well—so I wouldn’t need to borrow shares or pay any daily interest. Maybe. If your risk is too high and exercising the long reduces risk, then they might. I would not necessarily count on this, though. I feel like this is a generic warning message.
CRWV to buy CORZ, all stock, 0.1235 CWRV/CORZ. Were CORZ holders expecting a cash deal? Tough getting paid in HTB stock. [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000095010325008492/dp231291\_ex9901.htm](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1769628/000095010325008492/dp231291_ex9901.htm)
Pigs are stupidly expensive though. Shorting is expensive too because shares are HTB
I tried to offer $SBET awhile back. I mentioned $DGLY Friday and no one liked that because they announced the 2nd RS in two weeks. But now $DGLY has 1.668M shares, HTB (hard to borrow), and no short shares available. [https://fintel.io/ss/us/dgly](https://fintel.io/ss/us/dgly) https://preview.redd.it/gvt8q87xtg3f1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6afdafddbdef61f10e88579e3dbedbfea47343c0
Placing your account on Margin does not mean you pay to Short. You are not buying anything and most equities do Not have any HTB or other fees. As long as you don't go over your allowed T-reg or margin equity/credit it is mostly Free. just some FYI, your not the only one that thinks this. GL...
CISO, 0 shares to borrow available right now. 17% SI and HTB fee doubled up to 85%. All of the ingredients of the epic short squeeze in the making
CISO, 0 shares to borrow available right now. 17% SI and HTB fee doubled up to 85%. All of the ingredients of the epic short squeeze in the making.
BULL No options HTB not touching it
Schwab informed me my RCAT shares are HTB and offered me a lending deal Hopefully this squeezes back to 15 (please I need it for my children)
An uncovered short call is commonly referred to as a "naked" call. It works the same way that being assigned on a short put does, except you end up with a short share position (and unlimited risk to the upside). If it is assigned overnight Friday, the position would typically show up Monday morning. How you deal with the new short share position is up to you, but you either buy the shares back at current market price to cover, or you keep the short share position open and the risk that comes with it. Do note that when you are short shares, you will likely have to pay a borrow rate/fee as long as you keep the position open. You'll usually have to pay at least 1 day's "fee" (interest) when assigned, and that rate can be absurdly high on HTB stocks.
The problem with shorting MSTR to hedge is that MSTR is a HTB stock at many brokers so the cost to hedge can be a lot higher because of the borrow fee. What are you trying to hedge?