Post by
JohnWalker on Apr 18, 2022 9:14am
Fee for Borrowing Shares to Short Sell ???
Anybody pay any kind of fee (outside of shorting during ex-dividend date) for borrowing shares to short sell. I shorted 30K FFN for 3 days earlier in March and on March 31st NDBD charged me $52.02 with a description of Borrow Fee. I called NBDB this morning and they said the fee depends on how popular the stock is for trading and also based on how many days you hold the short. If I had shorted and then re-bought on SAME day there would have been no fee.
This fee is not described in any of their pamphlets brochures or FAQs.
Comment by
mouserman on Apr 18, 2022 10:16am
I was told by TD there is margin interest on a short sale, AND you have to pay dividends if your are still short on ex -dividend day.