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To: Richard James who wrote (3068)5/20/1998 12:21:00 PM
From: Brendan W  Respond to of 4969
 
I knew that... that's why I was curious about the buy-to-cover. I was wondering whether the market makers could tell when a short squeeze was happening. I guess it's just to make sure they put the fill in the right account type.

You wrote:
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Some web brokers trading page requires you to enter that the order is "buy","sell" "sell short" or "buy to cover".