Source: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/hard-to-borrow

# Hard to borrow
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/hard-to-borrow
Last modified: 2026-10-17

A hard-to-borrow stock is one where lenders have few shares left, so the borrow fee jumps and shorts can be recalled. On such names [a cash-settled claim is the only free door left to short](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/who-moves-us-stocks), and its [funding rate shows it](https://mochatrade.com/support/mochatrade-trading-fees-and-funding-rates-explained).

## Related terms

- Funding rate: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/funding-rate
- Short selling: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/short-selling
- Bid-ask spread: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/bid-ask-spread
- Short interest: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/short-interest
- Long and short position: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/long-and-short-position
- Inverse ETF: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/inverse-etf

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