Short selling restrictions and prohibitions

There are no short selling prohibitions or restrictions currently in place.

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First published: Last updated: 05/12/2025 See all updates

Short selling[2]

Exemptions from short-selling requirements[3]
Market making exemptions and preparing for Brexit[4]
FCA statement on short selling bans and reporting[5]
Notification and disclosure of net short positions[6]
Net short positions reporting and preparing for Brexit[7]
Short selling restrictions and prohibitions[8]

Public short positions disclosed to us

Short positions daily update (XLS)[9]

Guidelines compliance table (PDF)[10]
Q&A: Implementation of the Regulation on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps (second update) (PDF)[11]

Source URL: https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/short-selling/restrictions-prohibitions

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