just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoElon Musk Begs Tesla Staff Not to Sell Their Stocksfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1900arrow-down115file-text
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minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 months agoUm… Selling a stock if you have it, is a long, not short position. Short position is always about borrowing it first and profiting from the margin. And if you have a long position and sell it on a downward trend chances are you’re losing money.
minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYou’re right. I think I just smashed the thoughts into one sentence at the beginning
Um… Selling a stock if you have it, is a long, not short position. Short position is always about borrowing it first and profiting from the margin. And if you have a long position and sell it on a downward trend chances are you’re losing money.
You’re right. I think I just smashed the thoughts into one sentence at the beginning