RE: Creeping up18 Jan 2024 13:49
Not sure charts are relevant when transformational news is expected, but I am sure your right there are people who ONLY trade charts.
Blue:
Bob likes Hemo, he logs into IG.com and buys 1m shares thinking it will do well in the long term.
John likes Hemo, thinks there is good potential for news and trading so adds it to his watch list.
1 month passes, Bob and his 1m shares have been stuck holding in Hemo, John has been living life.
RNS drops and Hemo goes up 10%, Bob thinks "Nope, I am here for much more than 10%" so he does nothing. John says "10% sweet, but this bunch are fickle and will panic and sell as soon as it dips atall, and I can trust Vlad not to release another update for 2 weeks"
So John logs into IG, goes to spreadbet or cfd, and places an order to SELL, he does not hold any shares himself so IG are "lending" him some of Bobs shares. He hits sell, usually as big a trade as he can for the best price, then smaller sells to try and force the price down. Now John is immediately into a margin call because of the spread so he will go and try and scare up some other people to sell on lse or twitter.
When the SP dips John is in profit, he can buy back the share he sold and be left with ZERO shares in his account but some profit off a successful trade.....
Unless....
If the SP does not dip or he cannot get a quote to close his position and starts to rise.... Then his margin goes from 100%... to 90%... to 60%.... to 50%... And at this point IG step in and forcibly close as many positions as necessary to bring the margin back to 100%. If that means wiping out every penny John had deposited? So be it. IF he is a professional and goes negative in his account? He is liable. And previous examples have shown, if the float is so small that the brokers cannot get enough shares to cover the shorts then the losses can be astronomical for anyone shorting.
The potential return on a shorted share is 100%, if the company goes bust, you sold a share, got the profit and never have to return the share. Potential loss on a shorted share? There is no cap, you could spend £1000 to short and end up losing 100k
Pumpkin, the FDA can refuse to lift the CH if they are not satisfied, but they already approved the plan, this is NOT a full review so they cannot put a hold on the rest of the IND as its already been approved. Which makes shorting RIGHT now absolutely mental. Maybe it paid off in the past, but I just cant see it paying off this time.