Any place to view the amount of a particular shares being shorted?

[chipmunk]

As above. Thanks

[blacklotus]

Only if you are a broker/remiser can you see all the number of people trading at all the various buy/sell points.

For us retail investors, we only get a snapshot at 1 buy/sell point at a time only, which I find to be very unfair.:mad:

[AK47]

thats y i dont trade. They dont have to pay commission whereas we have to.

[blacklotus]

I don't mind paying the commission as it's a form of service charge for service rendered. However, I do mind not having all the important info I need for trading.

Because of the limited data given to us retail investors, it is wiser for us to trade on fundamentals rather than speculate, since we will can never win against the house in the long run by speculating.

Originally posted by AK47
thats y i dont trade. They dont have to pay commission whereas we have to.

[chipmunk]

Originally posted by blacklotus
I don't mind paying the commission as it's a form of service charge for service rendered. However, I do mind not having all the important info I need for trading.

Because of the limited data given to us retail investors, it is wiser for us to trade on fundamentals rather than speculate, since we will can never win against the house in the long run by speculating. By the way how come some can cover their shorted positions weeks after they had shorted? Thought we have to cover the shorted positions before the market close on the day itself?

[nietzche]

because they are able to loan scrips, this facility is less accessible for retail investors.

[blacklotus]

Yup. This facility is only available to trading houses and their most valuable clients. :p

Hmm...wonder if SGX's plan to borrow scrips from retail investors launched a few months back is to enlarge the pool of people able to borrow scrips...

Originally posted by nietzche
because they are able to loan scrips, this facility is less accessible for retail investors. :p

[bolts]

Originally posted by blacklotus
Yup. This facility is only available to trading houses and their most valuable clients. :p

Hmm...wonder if SGX's plan to borrow scrips from retail investors launched a few months back is to enlarge the pool of people able to borrow scrips...

:p

You can register with CDP to loan your shares out.

[koxinga]

You can see SGX's data from their website. It is called Market Depth and it is very interesting to see the buy prices being queued.