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Posted On: 06/15/2015 8:37:35 PM
Short selling info
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Short Selling Short selling is a way to profit from a price drop in a company's stock. However, it involves more risk than just buying a stock, which is sometimes described as having a long position, or owning the stock long. To sell a stock short, you borrow shares from your broker and sell them at their current market price. If that price falls, as you expect it to, you buy an equal number of shares at a new, lower price to return to your broker. If the price has dropped enough to offset transaction fees and the interest you paid on the borrowed shares, you may pocket a profit. This is a risky strategy, however, because you must still re-buy the shares and return them to your broker. If you must re-buy the shares at a price that's the same as or higher than the price at which you sold the borrowed shares, after accounting for transaction costs and interest, you will lose money. Because short selling is in essence the sale of stocks you don't own, there are strict margin requirements associated with this strategy, and you must set up a margin account to conduct these transactions. The margin money is used as collateral for the short sale, helping to insure that the borrowed shares will be returned to the lender down the road.
- See more at: http://www.finra.org/investors/advanced-short...RZ3Ke.dpuf
Short SELLS BLUU
Short Selling Short selling is a way to profit from a price drop in a company's stock. However, it involves more risk than just buying a stock, which is sometimes described as having a long position, or owning the stock long. To sell a stock short, you borrow shares from your broker and sell them at their current market price. If that price falls, as you expect it to, you buy an equal number of shares at a new, lower price to return to your broker. If the price has dropped enough to offset transaction fees and the interest you paid on the borrowed shares, you may pocket a profit. This is a risky strategy, however, because you must still re-buy the shares and return them to your broker. If you must re-buy the shares at a price that's the same as or higher than the price at which you sold the borrowed shares, after accounting for transaction costs and interest, you will lose money. Because short selling is in essence the sale of stocks you don't own, there are strict margin requirements associated with this strategy, and you must set up a margin account to conduct these transactions. The margin money is used as collateral for the short sale, helping to insure that the borrowed shares will be returned to the lender down the road.
- See more at: http://www.finra.org/investors/advanced-short...RZ3Ke.dpuf
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