when I was testing a strategy with small quantities in cash-stocks, shorting was available in most of the top 200 stocks but since markets are closed now, I'll have to check tomorrow & see if this is still the case or if they have changed their policy recently.
Now the above statement is giving a very wrong idea and may be suggesting you can use IB for top 200 for intraday stocks. Its not a problem.
1. First of all IB has a policy that you cant take short position on any stocks top 200 or top 10 after 2:30 pm. So yes you cant short after 2:30 pm
2. I traded nifty 50 stocks and many times stocks werent available. And there is no way you will know in advance if stocks are available or not. Lets say you are tracking tatasteel today and after 1 hour of chart watching you spot a trade you put the trade. Only after you put the trade you will know whether its available for shorting or no. So its not reliable.
Having said that for index futures /limited stock futures its good. Their platform is good. So it really depends what you wish to do.
Now the above statement is giving a very wrong idea and may be suggesting you can use IB for top 200 for intraday stocks. Its not a problem.
1. First of all IB has a policy that you cant take short position on any stocks top 200 or top 10 after 2:30 pm. So yes you cant short after 2:30 pm
2. I traded nifty 50 stocks and many times stocks werent available. And there is no way you will know in advance if stocks are available or not. Lets say you are tracking tatasteel today and after 1 hour of chart watching you spot a trade you put the trade. Only after you put the trade you will know whether its available for shorting or no. So its not reliable.
Having said that for index futures /limited stock futures its good. Their platform is good. So it really depends what you wish to do.
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