HSX Forum

Playing & Trading Strategy

Here is an explanation...

Posted by: RazorHawk on May 24, 08:24 in response to Dorfman's post When you short a stock, you are betting that stock will...

"Buy" (aka 'Long') is investing in a security hoping for the price to go upwards.


'Short' is investing in a security hoping for the price to go downwards.


If there is a security that you think will go up in price then you buy and you make profit as the price rises.

If there is a security that you think will go down in price then you short and you make profit as the price drops.

When you want to get rid of the shares you have longed (buy) then you sell them.

When you want to get rid of the shares that you have shorted then you 'cover' them.





Post a Reply

To post to the forums you must first login!


Buy Max    Sell All    Short Max    Cover All    Radar

Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo (BADLT) 150000 4.24 (+0.42)          Haunted Heist (HAUHS) 50 0.43 (0.00)          Haunted Heist (HAUHS) 8000 0.43 (0.00)          Wife and Dog (WIFDG) 150000 12.21 (-0.40)          Honeymoon/Funeral (HNYMF) 150000 6.00 (0.00)          Union County (UNINC) 8000 0.39 (0.00)          Cookie Queens (COKIQ) 8000 0.77 (+0.01)          Resident Evil (RESE8) 626 104.32 (+4.19)          Haunted Heist (HAUHS) 7000 0.43 (0.00)          Priscilla: Queen of the Desert 2 (APQD2) 150000 3.50 (0.00)          And Then There Were None (ATTWN) 8000 0.01 (0.00)          Scapegoat (SCAPG) 149995 18.25 (-0.08)          Helldivers (HELDV) 150000 96.09 (-0.38)          Honeymoon/Funeral (HNYMF) 150000 6.00 (0.00)          October (OCTOB) 149995 5.50 (+0.57)          Tunnels (TUNLS) 8000 0.01 (0.00)          Lana Condor (LCOND) 25000 44.53 (-0.50)          The Raid (RAID1) 8000 0.01 (0.00)          Mason Thames (MTHAM) 25000 85.83 (-0.75)          And Then There Were None (ATTWN) 8000 0.01 (0.00)          Mason Thames (MTHAM) 25000 85.83 (-0.75)          Steve Buscemi (SBUSC) 25000 33.96 (-0.25)          Iron Jane (IRONJ) 150000 8.71 (-1.29)          The Raid (RAID1) 8000 0.01 (0.00)          And Then There Were None (ATTWN) 8000 0.01 (0.00)          Honeymoon/Funeral (HNYMF) 150000 6.00 (0.00)          Tunnels (TUNLS) 8000 0.01 (0.00)          Honeymoon/Funeral (HNYMF) 20000 6.00 (0.00)          The Teller (TELER) 50000 6.86 (+0.02)          Resident Evil (RESE8) 150000 104.32 (+4.19)          The Horror Fund X (SPOOK) 1 49.31 (+0.47)          Iron Jane (IRONJ) 150000 8.71 (-1.29)          The Horror Fund X (SPOOK) 10000 49.31 (+0.47)          Honeymoon/Funeral (HNYMF) 150000 6.00 (0.00)          Honeymoon/Funeral (HNYMF) 150000 6.00 (0.00)          Resident Evil (RESE8) 20 104.32 (+4.19)          The Teller (TELER) 50000 6.86 (+0.02)          October (OCTOB) 150000 5.50 (+0.57)          Luke Wilson (LWILS) 25000 21.36 (+0.12)          October (OCTOB) 150000 5.50 (+0.57)          Wife and Dog (WIFDG) 10 12.21 (-0.40)          October (OCTOB) 150000 5.50 (+0.57)          Zach Cregger (ZCREG) 9000 74.30 (+1.25)          King Conan (CONA2) 2000 54.58 (+0.09)          Resident Evil (RESE8) 770 104.32 (+4.19)          October (OCTOB) 150000 5.50 (+0.57)          Honeymoon/Funeral (HNYMF) 150000 6.00 (0.00)          Your Mother Your Mother Your Mot (YOURM) 20 8.42 (+0.91)          Always Lalisa (ALISA) 100 2.79 (+0.01)          Honeymoon/Funeral (HNYMF) 100000 6.00 (0.00)