short position
Sell before owning
A short position is an investment stance betting that an asset's price will fall.
In a short sale, you borrow shares, sell them at current prices, then hope to buy them back cheaper later—pocketing the difference.
The opposite of a long position.
He took a short position in tech stocks before the crash.
Short positions carry theoretically unlimited risk since prices can rise indefinitely.
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