So You Want to Short Tesla. Here's What You Pay to Pull It Off
- Tesla is an expensive short, but the cost has been going down
- J.C. Penney has -14% rebate rate, Turtle Beach Corp. ~-30%
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Convinced Tesla Inc.’s best days are over and want to bet against it? You’ll pay for the privilege, though the price is coming down.
Burdens on short sellers are many, with risk the biggest -- a stock could soar and wipe you out. There’s also an assortment of outlays loosely tied to the popularity of the trade and its volatility. Traders love betting against Tesla, but the cost is not, at the moment, astronomical.