RE:RE:RE:Still a huge 280000 block on the bid side - head scratcher AskMrMarket wrote:
I know our memories are short, but I mentioned this a few years ago (Feb/Mar 2018). TD forces short sellers out if there aren't enough shares held in margin to borrow and sell short in their pool. They stopped me out in 2018, and they likely could be doing the same thing now. Because TD doesn't charge interest for short selling (borrowing shares), they simply use the shares owned in margin accounts that are using borrower money. It's likely a lot of margin shareholders dumped the stock, and TD is forcing equilibrium again.
This isn't retail traders short covering in my opinion. Both large blocks yesterday and today were a single order (just one buyer).