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SELLING SHORT

An SI Board Since April 1997

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Would someone please explain to me how selling short works and what I am supposed to do to make a profit when doing the 'selling short' activity?

thanks

david stockwell

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48	I have no idea. I've never done a sell short transaction.	Green Receipt	-	6/17/1999
47	How can I sell IPOs short? Any brokers (maybe, offshore) that permit me to sell	Topannuity	-	6/16/1999
46	If you are not watching every tick, I recommend only using stop limit orders...	Michael Turner	-	5/13/1999
45	Limit or stop After selling short do you use a limit or stop. I sold a stock	CipherCPA	-	4/26/1999
44	Would anyone short NSOL at these levels? any TA thoughts? thanks. ajas	ajas	-	3/15/1999
43	arar, At present, I have yet to get into the buying or selling of options. Al	Phil(bullrider)	-	9/14/1998
42	I have question about shorting - Assuming i short a stock and sell naked puts	arar	-	9/14/1998
41	Realist, Look up Auric Goldfinger. He has a tread on SI. I would think he woul	Phil(bullrider)	-	9/13/1998
40	I invest in OTC BB stocks. On virtually every thread there is talk of MMs walki	on parole	-	9/13/1998
39	chick, Although I do not have an on-line account yet, I have heard that Datek	Phil(bullrider)	-	7/24/1998
38	Greetings: Thanks for the advice from everyone. I've got a question. I am	chick in NC	-	7/24/1998
37	Henry D, Yes, you can sell short your 100 shares of ABC in your account, as lo	Phil(bullrider)	-	7/22/1998
36	Can you sell short from your own account so you wont have to be worried about b	Henry D	-	6/16/1998
35	thanks thats why i ask these ??? i play pennies to much and cant short them yet	jp	-	6/9/1998
34	jp, It depends on which market you are trading. If the stock you are shorting	Tom Kinakin	-	6/9/1998
33	when you sell short do you pay the bid or the ask.?????	jp	-	6/8/1998
32	jp, You would be responsible for covering 100 of the post-consolidation shares	Tom Kinakin	-	6/5/1998
31	im new and would like to ask a ???? what happends if i short a stock for 1000sh	jp	-	6/2/1998
30	Here's one for you, It is my opinion, as a Registered Securities Advisor,	Tom Kinakin	-	2/4/1998
29	Ceez, That's right. When you sell something short, the shares are borrowe	Kevin Stull	-	1/7/1998
28	Kevin, I'm a short novice and I'm trying to learn as much as I can befo	Ceez	-	1/7/1998
27	John; Their are only dumb people who do not asked any questions!! What to see	bruce bell	-	11/7/1997
26	Thanks Kevin That does help	John Werner	-	11/4/1997
25	I use DATEK, which I assume trades on the same principle as e-trade. To short	Kevin Stull	-	11/4/1997
24	To whoever will answer. I've never shorted a stock. I understand the basi	John Werner	-	11/3/1997

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