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In this case, the dollar is the base currency. For example, if you want to short the dollar against the yen, you would sell USD/JPY. And for currencies, you simply sell the base currency in a currency pair. The mini-contract on the S&P 500 (/ES) is available. Method at TD Ameritrade for customers to find out beforehand if a stock or ETF can actually be shorted.īesides stocks and exchange-traded funds, TD Ameritrade also offers futures and currencies įutures cost $2.25 per side. Instead, it takes short orders and then tries to find the shares to actually short. TD Ameritrade does not have a short locate service that clients can use, either on its website or desktop Has to go look for shares that traders can borrow before actually selling them short. Shorting a stock withoutĪctually borrowing shares is known as naked shorting, and the government doesn’t like this. $0 commissions + transfer fee reimbursement.įederal regulators require a brokerage firm to actually locate shares to borrow.
