[kgwgk]

Short selling is older than the SEC.

[cardiffspaceman]

True. All this stuff was old-hat when the Tulip Mania "ended" in the 17th Century. There is even a tale about olive presses that reads a little like a futures contract's lifetime [1].

[1] https://www.thestreet.com/opinion/a-brief-history-of-stock-o...