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short sale rule

SEC rule requiring short sales to be made only on an uptick or zero-plus tick. The purpose of the rule is to prevent traders from being able to force prices downward by borrowing stock and then selling it. also called plus tick rule.

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  1. Short-Sale Rule Definition | Investopedia
    A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) trading regulation that restricted short sales of stock from being placed on a downtick in the market price of the ...
     
  2. Press Release: SEC Approves Short Selling Restrictions; 2010-26 ...
    Washington, D.C., Feb. 24, 2010 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted a new rule to place certain restrictions on short selling when a ...
     
  3. SEC Votes for Short-Sale Rule - WSJ.com
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  4. Uptick rule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Siebert pointed to the uptick rule, saying, “The S.E.C. took away the short-sale rule and when the markets were falling, institutional investors just pounded stocks ...
     
  5. Short Sale Rule Catching Long List of Stocks
    May 9, 2011 ... The Securities and Exchange Commission's new short sale rule has triggered circuit breakers for an unexpectedly large number of stocks, ...
     
  6. Short Sale Rulebook > Home
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  7. Lawmakers Find S.E.C.'s Short-Sale Rule Lacking - NYTimes.com
    Feb 24, 2010 ... Some lawmakers are disappointed by the scope of Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to put limits on short-selling, arguing that ...
     
  8. SEC Rule 201 - New York Stock Exchange
    NYSE Arca is requesting an exemption from the SEC for the application of the short sale rule price test for PCS trades. Will the Exchange support any industry ...