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Exactly. Shorting leaves you vulnerable to an infinite amount of debt. It's not as easy as it sounds.
by yhoneycomb 8y ago
Exactly.
Shorting leaves you vulnerable to an infinite amount of debt. It's not as easy as it sounds.
- mmt 8y agoOutright short-selling has unbounded losses, but there are other ways of "being short" (i.e. betting on a price drop) where the loss is limited, such as buying put options, though these tend to be time-limited as well, to a couple years.