Nonsense. Clearing houses don't lose anything during a short squeeze, as long as funds committed to a trade actually clear. They aren't the ones on the hook for a short exploding.
They raise their collateral requirements during a period of high volatility. As it turns out, when you run a zero-fee brokerage, you don't just have a couple of extra billions of dollars lying around that you can put up as collateral on a moment's notice.
> illegally naked-shorting GME.
You don't understand how shorts work.
You don't need anyone doing a naked short for a stock to exceed 100% short. This has been explained hundreds of times, both here, and on Reddit.
They raise their collateral requirements during a period of high volatility. As it turns out, when you run a zero-fee brokerage, you don't just have a couple of extra billions of dollars lying around that you can put up as collateral on a moment's notice.
> illegally naked-shorting GME.
You don't understand how shorts work.
You don't need anyone doing a naked short for a stock to exceed 100% short. This has been explained hundreds of times, both here, and on Reddit.