It seems like a prudent warning in a thread explaining the very basics of short selling Also worth mentioning you might be on the hook to buy it back at any ti

It seems like a prudent warning in a thread explaining the very basics of short selling Also worth mentioning you might be on the hook to buy it back at any time; after all, the person you borrowed it from may themselves wish to sell it. If widespread, this is the basis of "short squeezes" (e.g. of GameStop fame/infamy), if a lot of short sellers are trying to buy it back at the same time