No options, no shares available for short sale

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I want to bet that certain stocks will decline in price, but they have no options and there are insufficient shares available for a short sale according to my broker. Do I have any other way to  take advantage of a potential decline in these stocks’ prices?

Bob Baerker · Answer

If your stock does not offer options then you can check with other brokers to see if they have hard-to-borrow  shares available.  That's a long shot but still a possibility.
Another possibility is an OTC agreement with a counterparty but this is only available for big players since the intermediary is usually an investment bank or similar.

No options, no shares available for short sale

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