RE: UT trade27 Jan 2022 11:08
@JT
as you know, there are quite a few of us who have large holdings and do not wish to sell any time soon, these are the sticky hands, however a broker is able to "borrow" and "lend" these shares that they hold on your behalf if they feel the risk is low enough, however there does come a time when that risk is too high for them to do this due to the large amount of shares that are still owned by someone else, as the risk is that they decide to sell them themselves.
There are however two ways to prevent your broker from doing this with your shares,
1. request a share certificate for your shares, you then own them, the downside to this is that you can't trade them quickly
2. request that your broker does not lend or borrow your shares - however most broker terms and conditions you signup to on some of the platforms will allow the broker to borrow, - Some brokers will agree not to sell borrow them and some won't
hopefully that helps out a little