GlossaryMarket Structure
Naked Short Selling
Selling shares short without having borrowed or arranged to borrow them. It is tightly regulated in the US under Regulation SHO; abusive naked shorting (defective locates, unresolved fails or deception) can violate the rules, and it is one source of failures to deliver.
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