Casinos hold a certain amount of cash reserve on hand to cover all daily activities. Now imagine everyone playing starts winning big all at the same time. Slots, tables, etc and the House is losing huge. /2
I am shocked...SHOCKED...that nobody in the media or political sphere can understand what is going on behind the scenes that is causing clearing firms to block trading in certain ridiculously volatile securities.
Casinos hold a certain amount of cash reserve on hand to cover all daily activities. Now imagine everyone playing starts winning big all at the same time. Slots, tables, etc and the House is losing huge. /2
That's kind of what is going on behind the scenes here, in the plumbing of the markets. /4
See below: /5
https://t.co/a5Cyr4WOGZ
wow, @apexclearing now blocking @public from allowing customers to trade specific stocks
— Mike Dudas (@mdudas) January 28, 2021
wall street norms imploding in real time, fallout is gonna be wild pic.twitter.com/gUyhufV32t
They can also provide financing to accounts through Margin or Risk-based leverage, on both long and short side of the market. /6
So while some of these WSB traders are ok risking insane amounts of money, these firms are not. /10