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		lovich on Jan 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shar... Is selling not a type of trade? If they had stopped all trading of the security because their clearing house wouldnt agree to the deal, thats one thing. When they limited only one type of trading which had an asymmetric affect on the different groups trading this security, then it looks like market manipulation, sounds like market manipulation, walks like market manipulation

valuearb on Feb 1, 2021 [–]

Selling reduces their collateral requirements, purchases increase it. There was no reason to restrict sakes, in fact it would have hurt them worse.

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