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To: Mama Bear who wrote (1066)	1/21/2001 9:47:24 PM
From: RockyBalboa	Respond to of 9012

Thanks MB, I paid a look at the page you mentioned. It lets me sell short low priced stocks (even < $1) and much more warrants, umm. That can be hazardous. But for scalping it could be a nice thing, as you mentioned. Indeed funny. They have SYQTQ on the borrow list...but then, no XLA.

To: Mama Bear who wrote (1066)	1/21/2001 10:19:55 PM
From: RockyBalboa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9012

barb, there is one more thing. For shorting, on the order page I can sell as well as "sell short". The manuals do not elaborate on that: SELL: To take on a short position in a particular security/commodity. SSHRT: Sale of a security or commodity futures contract not owned by the seller; a technique used (1) to take advantage... Now I heard that at another broker (using RT3 or CyberTrader) sell short is mandatory for opening a short position and entering a plain "sell" is illegal if there is no approbiate long position to sell. How does IBT behave? Is there a technical distinction or are both ways leading to the same result?