How to Sell a Stock Short

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Short Selling: What Is Short Selling? | Investopedia More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by kiki 93 | permalink
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Investopedia Explains: The fundamentals of short selling and the difference between going long or short on an investment.
Tags: beginning investor,short selling

For further reading: http://www.investopedia.com/university/shortselling/shortselling1.asp ^[1]

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Short Selling: A Trader's Guide More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Stan Misiorski | permalink
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What is short selling? Understand how and why investors short stocks along with the risks and requirements associated with short selling stocks.
Tags: short selling stocks,short sell stocks,short stocks,shorting stocks,how to short sell stocks,what is short selling,what is short selling stocks,why short stocks

For further reading: https://www.tradeking.com/education/stocks/short-selling-explained ^[2]

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Here's How to Sell Stocks Short (and Why You Probably Shouldn't) - DailyFinance More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by M Reck | permalink
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Short selling a stock can be very enticing. But it's also very dangerous. If the market's in a downturn, you can still make a profit. But you can also lose a ton of money.

For further reading: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/01/13/how-to-sell-stocks-short-risks/ ^[3]

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How to short stocks - Fidelity Viewpoints More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Dayle Farina | permalink
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Selling short is a trading strategy for down markets, but there are risks, particulary for naked positions.
Tags: Sell short, stocks, shorting, down, margin, decrease, bear, seo-article, rss-viewpoints, Active Trader,
For further reading: https://www.fidelity.com/viewpoints/active-trader/selling-short ^[4]

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Shorting stock More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Nick Glazzard | permalink
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What does it mean to short a stock?

For further reading: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/stock-and-bonds/shorting-stock/v/shorting-stock ^[5]

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How Short Selling Works More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Matthew Stannard | permalink
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Here's a primer on the mechanics of a 'short sale.'

For further reading: http://www.thestreet.com/story/10383365/1/how-short-selling-works.html ^[6]

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Stan Misiorski, Dayle Farina, kiki 93, M Reck, Matthew Stannard, Nick Glazzard

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1. http://www.investopedia.com/university/shortselling/shortselling1.asp

2. https://www.tradeking.com/education/stocks/short-selling-explained

3. http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/01/13/how-to-sell-stocks-short-risks/

4. https://www.fidelity.com/viewpoints/active-trader/selling-short

5. https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/stock-and-bonds/shorting-stock/v/shorting-stock

6. http://www.thestreet.com/story/10383365/1/how-short-selling-works.html