Agreed fully. The 2x long, -1 short limit is just a neat, natural limit that one... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		FabHK on Jan 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Statement of SEC Regarding Recent Market Volatilit... Agreed fully. The 2x long, -1 short limit is just a neat, natural limit that one could discuss, and might be easier to enforce than other (similarly arbitrary) limits.

kgwgk on Jan 29, 2021 [–]

I'm not against that, but it's not trivial to implement either.

FabHK on Jan 29, 2021 | [–]

Would require to set up a central registry or so, yeah. (Or finally a use case for blockchain!!!1!!! :-)

Not sure it would be worth it, I think historically excessive shorting has rarely been a problem, except for a few colourful episodes like these.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact