<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>brianchu</author><text>Shorting a stock is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; a basic feature, it&amp;#x27;s an advanced feature for power users.&lt;p&gt;You can buy put options on Robinhood already.</text><parent_chain><item><author>AznHisoka</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been using Robinhood for the past year, and I hope they add basic features such as:&lt;p&gt;- The ability to short a stock, which I still can&amp;#x27;t believe isn&amp;#x27;t available.&lt;p&gt;- Price Alerts&lt;p&gt;Everything else is gravy, IMO, especially if they keep the same basic, sleek interface, which I actually like.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Robinhood raises $323M at a $7.6B valuation</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-robinhood-funding/trading-startup-robinhood-raises-323-million-achieving-7-6-billion-valuation-idUSKCN1UH1VX</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>throwaway5752</author><text>Is there a way to allow shorts without having to manage margin and having to carry risk on the balance sheet? They have to deal with two counterparties (you, and whomever is lending you the shares). I am not sure how they could economically offer free short trades.</text><parent_chain><item><author>AznHisoka</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been using Robinhood for the past year, and I hope they add basic features such as:&lt;p&gt;- The ability to short a stock, which I still can&amp;#x27;t believe isn&amp;#x27;t available.&lt;p&gt;- Price Alerts&lt;p&gt;Everything else is gravy, IMO, especially if they keep the same basic, sleek interface, which I actually like.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Robinhood raises $323M at a $7.6B valuation</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-robinhood-funding/trading-startup-robinhood-raises-323-million-achieving-7-6-billion-valuation-idUSKCN1UH1VX</url></story>