RE:RE:RE:Do this next week if you're worried about shortersIt's absolutely fiction. A false "security blanket" that does not work despite the warm fuzzy feeling.
Just because you can place them for sale, does not mean they are excluded from being loaned out to shorts. That's the point. They still loan them out, despite your attempt to lock them with a high selling price so they can't be.
It's all just digital accounting tricks.
If your broker is honest with you, he or she will confirm this is true.