Shortselling

Urist Stoneclashed RJ: Urist Stoneclad Post Rating: 0 + / - Total Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Joined: Apr 8, 2012	Posted on May 4, 2012 Would it be possible to implement a shortselling mechanic to the stock market? In case someone reading this doesn't know, shortselling is essentially borrowing stock, rather than money, selling the stock, and hoping the price goes down so that you can buy it back and return it for less.
Scott (Admin) RJ: Ratan Joyce CO: Ratan Joyce Post Rating: 1 + / - Total Posts: 1175 Karma: 5083 Joined: Jan 13, 2012	Posted on May 4, 2012 Not yet because the stock market is "too fake" and too vulnerable at the moment.
Lorenzo Petrone RJ: Lohoris Post Rating: 0 + / - Total Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Joined: May 3, 2012	Posted on May 5, 2012 Once you will be able to directly trade shares between users, and once the stock market will be real and not only agains robot buyers/sellers, then it will automatically be possible to do that. No idea if those things are in the plans, though.

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