# Shortable stock

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/shortable-stock/2646>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [September 15, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/shortable-stock/2646 "2020-09-15T14:44:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Vincent\_Chan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/vincent_chan/32/810_2.png) [@Vincent\_Chan](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Vincent_Chan)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/shortable-stock/2646/1 "2020-09-15T14:44:28Z")

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I encountered quite a lot of stocks not able to be short. Will the list of short stock expend in the near future?

I just try to short some good stocks like Penn, NKLA, and DPHC… They are big name and not penny stock

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**Author:** ![yoshi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/yoshi/32/12_2.png) [@yoshi](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/yoshi)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/shortable-stock/2646/2 "2020-09-16T04:23:13Z")

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Definitely, we are continuously working on this.

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**Author:** ![Vincent\_Chan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/vincent_chan/32/810_2.png) [@Vincent\_Chan](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Vincent_Chan)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/shortable-stock/2646/3 "2020-09-16T12:36:22Z")

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Thanks! amazing … I really love the API.