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Kind of weird question about shorting when you have limited money
MattW
Jun 04, 09:51
The only time I cover a short is when I think it has bottomed out or the price suddenly jumps and stays up (talking to you MWTDW) {nm}
Initech
Jun 04, 10:07
He does have a point though. Ive heard of some covering shorts in order to short more shares if they believe the price is going to keep fal
Dorfman
Jun 04, 10:43
Yeah, it's call re-shorting. All the billionaires are doing it.
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elchan2012
Jun 04, 14:34
lol
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Dorfman
Jun 04, 16:00
Once you gain money on a short, it can't do any work for you if you're just holding into it. Personally, I won't reshort until I gain 20%...
socby19
Jun 04, 12:53
Covering Shorts frees up cash to spend on other things.
Yowster
Jun 04, 12:55
This
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AwardsFund
Jun 04, 16:24
Interesting comments. I've never really put much thought into churning shorts. Kudos for +1 strategy! {nm}
Initech
Jun 05, 08:35
Not perfectly accurate, but.......
srrichardson
Jun 06, 04:44