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I think this page should be deleted. Short sellers can be forced to cover due to margin calls. Long investors are never forced to sell. I suppose a "margin squeeze" is theoretically possible for people who buy on margin, but that isn't really a "long squeeze" since it only affects the margin holders.Warren Dew (talk) 20:34, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
- Wrong. In futures markets both sides are holding their positions on margin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.240.251.193 (talk) 14:26, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
- Squeezing can happen both ways if leveraging 82.71.8.175 (talk) 00:20, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
The only source listed is a link to what appears to be a chat-based investment consulting service. If this is a legitimate topic, maybe better sources could be found and that link deleted or at least not featured exclusively. I did find this page educational (if it's accurate--see Dew's comment above) so I'd hate to see it removed completely. Daviddrp (talk) 01:25, 14 January 2010 (UTC)