▲ 243 ▼ Reddit Advised to Target at Least $5 Billion Valuation in IPO (www.bloomberg.com) submitted 2 years ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.ml 167 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Nougat@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago (2 children) Can you short an IPO? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can buy puts on the IPO price. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 14 points 2 years ago Only if their DMM enables options. There are many stocks without options. In that case, the only alternative would be to borrow shares from your broker and sell those shares instead. You’d then have an actual short position that could be recalled by the lender. Either ways, I’d probably not touch it. I wouldn’t want the theta burn or the risk of getting recalled while price actions tries to figure out a direction. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago I like where your head is on this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can buy puts on the IPO price. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 14 points 2 years ago Only if their DMM enables options. There are many stocks without options. In that case, the only alternative would be to borrow shares from your broker and sell those shares instead. You’d then have an actual short position that could be recalled by the lender. Either ways, I’d probably not touch it. I wouldn’t want the theta burn or the risk of getting recalled while price actions tries to figure out a direction. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 14 points 2 years ago Only if their DMM enables options. There are many stocks without options. In that case, the only alternative would be to borrow shares from your broker and sell those shares instead. You’d then have an actual short position that could be recalled by the lender. Either ways, I’d probably not touch it. I wouldn’t want the theta burn or the risk of getting recalled while price actions tries to figure out a direction. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago I like where your head is on this. permalink fedilink source parent