Enabling Short Selling Preference
To open and cover short positions, you must enable the Trade Bar for short selling. For more information, see Order Entry Preferences - Equities-Trading.
- From the Trade Bar, use the right-click Settings > Order Entry Preferences menu sequence. The Order Entry Preferences dialog is displayed.
- From the left pane, select Trading under the desired asset class.
- Under Short Selling, select the Enable Short Selling check box.
- Click OK.