Thailand Bans Short Selling After Global Sell-Off Meltdown

Market’s in panic mode — and Thai regulators just hit the emergency brakes

🚨 No Shorts Allowed (For Real)

Thailand just banned short selling from April 8 to 11 on both the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX). Why? Because things got way too spicy in global markets after the U.S. dropped some major tariff bombs.

• ❌ Shorts banned across the board (unless you're a market maker)
• 🔻 Price swing limits slashed:
  • Thai stocks: now capped at ±15% (was ±30%)
  • Foreign securities: now ±30% (was ±60%)

SET says the goal is to give people breathing room while markets do their drama.

🌍 Global chaos, local reaction

This move didn’t come out of nowhere. It’s part of a chain reaction after the U.S. threw on massive new tariffs, sparking panic in Asia and Europe.

• 🇫🇷 France froze bank stock trading after a brutal open
• 🌏 Other Asian countries are watching closely, possibly prepping similar rules
• 📉 Panic is spreading — and nobody wants to be first in line to the bottom

🪙 Crypto’s not safe either

While tradfi bleeds, crypto’s also coughing up blood:

• 🧨 Bitcoin dropped to $74K — lowest since Nov 2024
• 💀 Over 46,000 traders liquidated
• 💸 Total losses = $1.46 billion
• 🔻 ETH, SOL, and others also tanked double digits

Basically: people are fleeing risk like it’s on fire. And crypto’s still wearing gasoline.

🧠 TL;DR

• Thailand banned short selling April 8–11 to cool off a boiling market
• Global tariffs triggered a stock bloodbath, spooking investors
• Bitcoin and altcoins took a beating — $1.46B in liquidations
• Regulators are in full defense mode, and more restrictions could be coming