Yes you will. The position is still open therefore locates will have to be secured so the position can remain open, even if market is closed or the stock isn't actively trading.

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A locate for a security may be re-applied for an intra-day buy-to-cover trade in the following scenario:

Prior to a customer’s short sale of 100 shares of XYZ stock, the executing broker-dealer obtains an appropriate locate for the securities. The short sale is then executed. Subsequently that day, the broker-dealer purchases 100 shares of XYZ stock for the customer, and the customer’s net trading position is flat. If the customer wants to then sell short another 100 shares of XYZ stock in the same trading day, the executing broker-dealer may apply the original locate to that sale, provided that such subsequent short sale is for an amount of securities that is no greater than the amount of securities obtained in the original locate, and provided further that the source of the located shares indicates that the original locate is good for the entire trading day.

For a "non-easy to borrow" security or a threshold security, a broker-dealer may not re-apply a locate for intra-day buy-to cover trades. Without obtaining locates prior to each short sale in such securities in the scenario described above, it is unlikely that the broker-dealer executing such trades would have reasonable grounds to believe that such securities can be borrowed so that they can be delivered on the date that delivery is due on each trade.

A broker-dealer, however, may have reasonable grounds to believe that securities will be available when delivery is due on such short sales if the broker-dealer pre-borrows the securities.

Short locate fees are fees paid in order to enable the permission to short stocks that are non-easy-to-borrow and existing at that moment in time.

The rate is determined by the availability of shares for shorting at that moment in time.

The fees can vary during the day depending on market conditions. Locate fees are charged only after the price for the locate is accepted.

If the locate shares are declined, then no fee is charged.

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Cash accounts and margin accounts with an account balance of less $500 cannot short sell stocks.

Margin restricted symbols cannot be shorted with leverage. Refer to the margin restricted stocks list in the client portal.

TradeZero International Clients can now short Stocks under $1 and above $0.50.Key 



$2.50 Per Share Margin. 

Before shorting stocks under $1, ensure you meet the $2.50 per share margin requirement. This means that for every share you short, you must have at least $2.50 in margin available in your account.

If you short 1,000 shares of a stock priced at $0.80, you need $2,500 in margin (1,000 × $2.50), not $800 (1,000 × $0.80).

This requirement helps limit risk, as low-priced stocks tend to be highly volatile.

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