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kimbutgar

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2. If I did any trades with SpaceX it would be shorting the stock !

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 04:51 PM

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You borrow the stock from your brokerage firm and sell it at a higher price then when it goes down you buy the stock at the lower price to cover when you sold at a higher price. In the 90’s I made a nice bit of change doing that. But the brokerage firm I worked at prohibited us from doing it !

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if you bought space x after the first few minutes of the IPO your down money [View all] moonshinegnomie Monday OP

I will buy at $65 bucolic_frolic Monday #1

If I did any trades with SpaceX it would be shorting the stock ! kimbutgar Monday #2

ive gotten smoked shorting tesla many times moonshinegnomie Monday #3

I worked from 1978 to 2013 in the industry also kimbutgar Monday #4

I left the floor in 2006 moonshinegnomie Monday #5

Unless you bought right away it at $150 Polybius Monday #6

i bought the IPO moonshinegnomie Monday #7