WHAT IS SHORT SELLING? | Stock Market Explained & More!

What is short selling? What does selling short mean? How do you short sell a stock? What is live trading? And is it all worth it?

There are way too many questions on this topic and we need answers, now!

Don't worry, our team broke this subject down with the purpose of demystifying short selling and bringing it closer to us ordinary folk that aren't Jeff Bezos or George Soros. In this video, we'll dive deep into short selling, explaining exactly how it works and where it all began.

Here’s a quick rundown of what you’ll learn after watching this short selling introduction video:

What is short selling and what to the terms 'going long and short in trading' even mean?
How long selling works, along with a brief introduction to stock selling for beginners.
Some need-to-know stock market basics and an explanation of how the stock market works.
How do investors profit from investing in undesirable stocks once the price goes down.
What is a maintenance margin, what are the requirements and what is the main difference between a maintenance margin and an initial margin.
What is the best strategy for short selling stocks, and who is this mysterious short selling legend called George Soros that has been doing it so successfully for years now?

Finally, we'll conclude by answering the questions on everyone's mind: Is there potential for profit, just how risky short selling is and is it even worth it?

Let us know what you think of our video in the comments below and if you have your own opinion of short selling and all of the wonders of the stock market! We'd love to start a discussion!

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[rvmixman]

This video helped me realize an epiphany. I was wondering, "but how does it drive price down?" Then I realized it's because you're introducing more supply without increasing demand, so the price goes down. The short seller is borrowing shares from shareholders to increase the float!

[Fortunly]

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[ivanavojinovic]

Love your videos! You explain complicated concepts so well.

[yourtuber]

Ive finally understood short selling! amazing videos, the animations are spot on!

[r.c.tevens]

Just saw the GameStop doc on short selling in the first 10 minutes. Help me understand this: they said if they borrow a stock like IBM for 10 dollars from someone. Wait for it to go to 20 percent loss, so 8 dollars. Then sell it back to the person and make 2 dollars. But won't they be selling that stock to the original owner at 8 dollars? So now the owner is out 2 less dollars and the hedge fund broker pockets 2 dollars. That doesn't make sense. The owner lost 2 dollars for the broker to gain 2 dollars. WTF? Do people not see this. And am I missing something? Please let me know.

[neshcrypto]

Great explanations and animation! I've seen many, but this is one of the best videos on shorts!

[antonio_mentoli]

Man, I never thought of it this way! That's pretty neat! Great video, thank you! ❤️

[snipe]

It's kinda incredible that our financial system allows this kind of trading... But even if I don't agree with it, I'm glad I now understand it. Nice vid!

[ericcampbell]

Basically you borrow a stock from somebody without them knowing it then you create cell pressure that drives the price down and tricks people into selling everything off then you buy the stock back and give it back to the seller who just lost money cuz you screwed them over

[alimc]

How do you make such good videos with so little views? Instant sub

[bhargav]

How do you guys afford to make these high quality videos?

[tiastewart]

I don’t get it. I’m buying and selling the normal way 🤷🏽‍♀️

[enzmondo]

Is this video before or after the GameStop meme stock fiasco?

[sherevejohnson]

Best time to short is around a economy meltdown

[Swaraj]

You guys should make a video on heavily shorted stocks currently like AMC and SoFi

[nanonorthlabs]

the only video that explained "borrowing" a stock. Ignore all the videos that have 1+ million videos, or any damn website that doesn't explain the borrowing part, without knowing this it is super confusing.

[priyarauniyar]

interesting channel.. would like to see more content..

[al]

Short sellers don't simply borrow shares and hope for the share price to drop. They borrow shares and sell them below current stock price.

[johngellard]

Borrowing the stock is not the same as actually owning it, I dont care what anyone says...

[ubr-mtv]

what is "banc acc"? besides a clear tactic to obfuscate any explanation. this made absolutely no sense - on purpose.