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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Olympus Ventures (OVIS) - Shareholder Cartel
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To: Riley G who wrote ()8/28/1997 9:24:00 AM
From: Riley G   of 65
 
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Yes this is a great article of what has happened in this matter with OVIS.
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In many instances, you need not actually borrow the stock to benefit from a price decline:

The stock could be so heavily shorted by other market players that it is simply not available to loan.

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Another risk to shorting stocks is commonly called a short squeeze. In a short squeeze, a high-volume buying wave drives prices higher. This euphoria sparks even more buying by new participants wanting to establish a long position and by existing shareholders who want to increase theirs. It may also "scare" those who are short the stock into covering their positions. This event may be triggered by an unforeseen news announcement or simply by an important resistance level being broken. Another characteristic of a short squeeze is that many of the buyers demand delivery of their shares, or that they be placed in safekeeping, and therefore not allowable for lending to short sellers. Since their is a finite number of outstanding shares issued, your broker may force you to deliver the originally borrowed shares back to the brokerage house so that they can be delivered to a buyer. The effect is that you must cover your short position regardless of your desire to maintain the short.
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