Every outright short selling ban since 2008, dated to the order that set it
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-09-15, from Short Selling Bans Explained: US, Germany, EU.
| jurisdiction | instrument | in_force_from | in_force_to | calendar_days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (SEC) | Emergency Order, Release 34-58592 | 2008-09-19 | 2008-10-08 | 20 |
| Germany (BaFin) | General decrees of 18 May 2010 | 2010-05-19 | 2011-03-31 | 317 |
| Spain (CNMV) | SSR Article 20 | 2020-03-17 | 2020-05-18 | 63 |
| Austria (FMA) | SSR Article 20 | 2020-03-18 | 2020-05-18 | 62 |
| Belgium (FSMA) | SSR Article 20 | 2020-03-18 | 2020-05-18 | 62 |
| France (AMF) | SSR Article 20 | 2020-03-18 | 2020-05-18 | 62 |
| Greece (HCMC) | SSR Article 20 | 2020-03-18 | 2020-05-18 | 62 |
| Italy (CONSOB) | SSR Article 20 | 2020-03-18 | 2020-05-18 | 62 |
| South Korea (FSC) | FSC decision of 5 November 2023 | 2023-11-06 | 2025-03-30 | 511 |
- Rows × columns
- 9 × 5
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
jurisdiction |
text | 9 distinct values | |
instrument |
text | 4 distinct values | |
in_force_from |
date | 2008-09-19 to 2023-11-06 | |
in_force_to |
date | 2008-10-08 to 2025-03-30 | |
calendar_days |
number | 20 to 511 |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
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WITH bans AS
(
SELECT 'United States (SEC)' AS jurisdiction, 'Emergency Order, Release 34-58592' AS instrument, '2008-09-19' AS in_force_from, '2008-10-08' AS in_force_to
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Germany (BaFin)', 'General decrees of 18 May 2010', '2010-05-19', '2011-03-31'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Spain (CNMV)', 'SSR Article 20', '2020-03-17', '2020-05-18'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Italy (CONSOB)', 'SSR Article 20', '2020-03-18', '2020-05-18'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'France (AMF)', 'SSR Article 20', '2020-03-18', '2020-05-18'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Belgium (FSMA)', 'SSR Article 20', '2020-03-18', '2020-05-18'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Austria (FMA)', 'SSR Article 20', '2020-03-18', '2020-05-18'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'Greece (HCMC)', 'SSR Article 20', '2020-03-18', '2020-05-18'
UNION ALL
SELECT 'South Korea (FSC)', 'FSC decision of 5 November 2023', '2023-11-06', '2025-03-30'
)
SELECT
jurisdiction,
instrument,
in_force_from,
in_force_to,
dateDiff('day', toDate(in_force_from), toDate(in_force_to)) + 1 AS calendar_days
FROM bans
ORDER BY toDate(in_force_from), jurisdiction
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