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I hate that statement. Because people who say it claim they were right based on it, when they were clearly wrong and just trying to excuse their failure. Sayin
by nickik 8y ago
I hate that statement. Because people who say it claim they were right based on it, when they were clearly wrong and just trying to excuse their failure.
Saying 'at some point in the future prices might be lower' without a time attached to it is an intellectually empty statement.
- appstateguy 8y agoThe thing to understand about shorting is that your losses have no upper bounds. You short a stock at $100 and it goes up to $1,000, you now OWE $900. Here's [0] a story of a guy going to bed with $30k in his ETrade and waking up to a $106k debt call. [0] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/help-my-short-position-got-crushed-and-now-i-owe-e-trade-10644556-2015-11-19 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/help-my-short-position-got...