Hello, I have three questions about backtesting short sales:
how is availability modeled since stock is not always available for borrowing
are dividends on borrowed stocks which the borrower must pay accounted for
when borrowing a stock, can a lender demand back the stock if the price falls too much
Hi Simon and thanks for your reply. I put in a feature request:
https://github.com/quantopian/zipline/issues/1468
The reason I bought this up is because a lot of the interviews I listen to with various traders, I notice a majority of them avoid short selling as a strategy, either because it is too costly or because it is hard to backtest.
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