The problem with naked short selling is the ability for rampant, cheap, and extr...

		llccbb on Feb 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dole Food Had Too Many Shares The problem with naked short selling is the ability for rampant, cheap, and extremely profitable manipulation to cause "artificial" price-drops. There is basically no penalty for failure-to-delivers and companies share price can be gutted while no real shares have been traded.

Fraud is illegal. If you try that often or too big, you'll get caught.