How does shorting GME save their assets?
Spend all your money on shorts as well as other people's money. No assets to seize.
30 days later buy a bunch of cheap stock with other peoples money and yours. Now you have a bunch of assets.
That was a wild guess based on my half baked understanding of the stock market
assets are pledged as collateral for short contracts. maybe rules are diff for hedge funds, but if I want to short I have to show assets to cover failed transaction. It's complicated AF. (BTW, I don't short because it's a scumbag thing to do).
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