But that's exactly the danger with shorting, your losses aren't capped by what you put in. A stock can only drop to 0, but it can go up to whatever -- you have

But that's exactly the danger with shorting, your losses aren't capped by what you put in. A stock can only drop to 0, but it can go up to whatever -- you have no upper bound on losses. Do whatever you want, but know what you're doing. http://www.investopedia.com/university/shortselling/shortselling3.asp http://www.investopedia.com/university/shortselling/shortsel...