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fastballtoday at 2:50 PM1 replyview on HN

Line go down discovery is acceptable (that is what selling a share is). The reason you might not want options trading very early after an IPO is because the market is frothy enough without the additional layer of complexity.


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toomuchtodotoday at 3:01 PM

Certainly, its reasonable for a delay in options being available while market makers prepare to make the market for those options. But shorting? Day 1, the shares are trading and available to borrow to sell to short.

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