The Ultimate Short Selling Guide - Everything You Need to Know About Shorting

[@ArobTheArab05]

WT sim trader here - accidentally shorted a bunch of times - had no clue what to do, so I would "buy" the negative position (i.e., -3000 shares I would buy 3000). And ironically, I made money on all but one of those mistakes. Wish I had seen this video weeks ago.

[@SoundsLikePaul]

Your explanation helped me to understand shorting a lot better. I always think there is a roaring kitty out there watching the option calls so I rather not short sell either lol. Maybe with better versed experience.

[@henryalbertharris]

GREAT presentation Ross. Thanks

[@RosemaryBaron]

Ross improved my win rate in trading. Since I started copying Ross’s trades, I have been able to make above 20% every week!

[@Timefades1]

in the right market shorting is very lucrative but those mega squeezes can and will wipe away weeks of work quickly.

[@chrisl2915]

Best to buy a PUT option to short a stock. Upside can be > 100%+ Downside is limited to what the option cost.

[@canvasinc1]

I'd rather short the stock and sell the put to have guaranteed inflow. You're getting the premium you sold no matter what. Easier to roll on someone else's dime, and you continue to get paid to send it laterally vs losing 100% of your premium if you're wrong. Rolling on a long put, you're just feeding the slot machine. Turn it around and make it pay. Better yet, sell the call if you're really confident (and same rolling benefits ensue.)

[@rogerdrolet9333]

Thank you Ross. You do a great job explaining concepts.

[@maryd5824]

Absolutely the best video!!!!!! I loved it and I learned so much in such a short time. Thank you again!

[@RosemaryBaron]

Ross improved my win rate in trading. Since I started copying Ross’s trades, I have been able to make above 20% every week!

[@יונימור-ע3ש]

Learning a lot thanks to you ❤

[@RosemaryBaron]

Ross improved my win rate in trading. Since I started copying Ross’s trades, I have been able to make above 20% every week!

[@mingy7017]

Thank you Ross I watched your recap today and noticed you mention didn’t trade AVTE since it’s easy to borrow, which unfortunately I did take a long position and lost $100. I know I would be able to find your video about this topic. God bless you❤

[@strweb3117]

another bad thing about shorting is when you lend short shares for a day trading it can be lets say a 50cents/100 shres, but the brokers charge you way much for overnight borrowing even $50/100 shares. As they know that a short seller is trapped and sometimes holding the shares overnight will incur double the loss due to the overnight borrowing fee. Many stock will move sideways and holding them isnt a good idea as you ll be charged for each night

[@freefire-vt5pm]

I see Vematum as a long-term hold. Great fundamentals!

[@bkbing]

Wait a minute. Are you shorting Tesla right now? Are you ok? Lmao. Love your content btw!

[@RosemaryBaron]

Ross improved my win rate in trading. Since I started copying Ross’s trades, I have been able to make above 20% every week!

[@mrsaad]

What percentage would be a good return on a monthly basis for day traders? Last month I made $62K starting my account value from $470K and ended the month at $532K in my 1st month starting as a full-time day trader.

[@aaqibjaved1363]

Anything more than 10% per month is alwasy a good return.

[@RosemaryBaron]

Ross improved my win rate in trading. Since I started copying Ross’s trades, I have been able to make above 20% every week!

[@davidreichert9392]

Better to buy puts than short the stock, since you then have a cap on your losses.

[@mikederyder3885]

I love short scalping halts.

[@Joeblow49]

I was able to end in the week green with an 8% profit in account trying to make this a six figure account soon

[@onlygoodstuff]

What do you think about news? I mean yesterday evening i see CPOP goes nearly 90% up and when i look at volume (as you instructed ;) ) i see huge volume minutes before that spike and i wonder how these people traded it just before the spike or did they cause the spike? Thanks for helpful videos! I ve been trying with small amounts since 1st of July! some days are green! most others are red! I Follow your strategy!

[@sahil_ali_right_50_307]

Vematum is making moves quietly. Keep an eye on it!

[@madhutiwari6262]

The more I learn about Vematum, the more I believe in its vision.

[@RosemaryBaron]

Ross improved my win rate in trading. Since I started copying Ross’s trades, I have been able to make above 20% every week!

[@RahulMakawana-xs1rm]

The security features of Vematum set it apart from others.

[@aeligos]

This short selling stuff is too risky for me. Scary stuff. 😨

[@YiLi-xs6ft]

has a 90% win rate pal. he just makes it sound riskier than it is.

[@RosemaryBaron]

Ross improved my win rate in trading. Since I started copying Ross’s trades, I have been able to make above 20% every week!

[@foto21]

'Naked Shorting is illegal' - yeah, OK, that's why I see 1 example every day, and could find 20 a day if I were looking. This is really a critical concept, because then CTB stats don't matter, because the broker is just making up shares somehow. And if it's a penny stock, then they set some giant benchmark, lure everyone in, combine it with dilution and drive the stock incessantly down and it never goes up again.

[@debra9853]

Which broker is best to short sell with

[@Timefades1]

cmeg tradezero

[@RosemaryBaron]

Ross improved my win rate in trading. Since I started copying Ross’s trades, I have been able to make above 20% every week!

[@danmurray2074]

Trade Zero

[@debra9853]

How does broker know to borrow for you. Does he do it when you push sell?. Iam confused.

[@JoshTheWhale]

Would advise you try trades with very small positions and see what percentage of your investment you make or lose in 50... 100 trades. Experiment with a market simulation trading app and set up your trades, check in whenever you have time and see for yourself for a few days and you are done ❤ 👍🏻 very easy to test and anyone will learn a lot

[@moneymotivated4229]

Depends on the platform, you need $2k in your account and has to be a margin account, and Webull has buy,sell,short on the order page

[@northernlights176]

Ross, I just started trading seriously and ran into the PDT flag. Do you have/can you do a video on the stipulations surrounding it and potential avenues to avoid it?

[@Timefades1]

cmeg broker

[@northernlights176]

@@Timefades1 🙏

[@kuakilyissombroguwi]

Let's say you're forced to buy at a higher price, what's stopping you from selling those shares immediately back in order to "break even"? It wouldn't really be breaking even, but in your 40k example, it would actually be the delta of the stock price from grant to sale and the fees you'd be losing only, no?

[@idontknowwhatidontknow]

I think beginners should not short at all !

[@CrescentParagon]

Wow, I didn't expect shorting could be that risky. Yesterday I made around $3500 sim-money through shorting. Now I feel like shorting is dumb. A problem is that I always miss the moves up, since I don't have access to pre-market and post-market in tradingview. It does happen that there are stocks that go over 100% during regular hours, but even then I still miss the moves.

[@kenwestgaard]

You can switch to Extended Trading Hours by clicking a tiny button in the bottom left corner that says RTH. Then you should be able to see what goes on before the market opens.

[@aggeloslamprakis3387]

Ya but make the wrong choice and ure 100% down. Tread caredully

[@TheKnut]

I recommend trade zero sim. You can download the tool and get access to extended and regular hours. You also get a 10 seconds chart, level 2 and shortcuts. The charts are not like on trading view but you can get used to it. It is 15 minutes delayed though. But I think you get a lot for a free tool.

[@dustinverno4634]

Just turn on pre and post market

[@CrescentParagon]

@@dustinverno4634 don't you need to have the subscription on marketview for that?

[@gtwjay]

Lol i thought the button was F3 as you said in your naked short selling video before

[@YiLi-xs6ft]

all brokers market you out now a days when your equity ratio drops below a threshold. so you cant actually even lose 100% of your account like the past.

[@AggieMaxam]

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[@benjaques3040]

What about CFD's?

[@belsem5515]

Ross. Thanks

[@christurner7648]

ross if you are able to get a hard to borrow small cap stock and are going to actively scalp it several times do they charge you the borrow fee every time you short it.if so wouldnt that defeat the purpose of scalping it

[@BGOutdoors01]

With trade zero you have to buy what they call locates. Price ranges on how much a stock is up, how many people are looking to short it. I have never paid more than 300 for minimum of 1000 locates. Once you have the locates, you have them all day until 8pm. You can scalp all day. Cobra you can only use locates once

[@quinten3379]

Hey Ross, maybe a weird request but could you make a video highlighting paper trade platforms for beginners?

[@DaytradeWarrior]

You can check out our simulator here: support.warriortrading.com/support/solutions/articles/19000099224-general-simulator-walkthrough

[@sttech4471]

If you want any free sims then webull is a good one

[@ahzootube]

How do they charge the non existing millions of dollars from you if things go south and you are lets say based somewhere abroad?

[@taylorwilloughby9194]

hey Ross, had a bad week, seemed like everything I bought just kept plummeting even on great news with low floats, high volume, etc. Kept building up quick with great momentum into the green on high volume, then plummeting on very low relative volume red candles and not recovering, are there any telltales to see this coming?

[@aeligos]

Did you set your limits? There is also a limit to your stay. Don’t overstay your ride upward. “Building up quick with great momentum” is an indicator to sell in my opinion. It’s okay if you jump out early because you’d be in the green. ☕️

[@ryanrimmer4013]

like someone is in a room watching you? You see something pop on the scanner and as soon as you pull it up on the charts.... FLUSH!?

[@taylorwilloughby9194]

yes i set a pretty conservative SL and TP, but the moves i mentioned always happened near my TP and usually troggered my SL, sometimes for small profit, usually for a small to medium loss ​@@aeligos

[@taylorwilloughby9194]

​@@ryanrimmer4013not even that per se, I'd have a decent entry, and it would build with great volume profile, then crash on three candles, with no obvious signs (that i saw, ie: topping tails, decreasing volume, engulfing candles, etc)

[@taylorwilloughby9194]

​@@aeligosyeah I'll definitely try and be even more conservative with moves in the future

[@sstuff66]

Hello Ross, what is the term 2 days to cover mean?

[@thegamerboneless2864]

Hey, I believe you’re talking about the short ratio/short interest. If so Days to cover, are the amount of days it would take every short to cover there short. High days to cover can indicate a lot of shorts are in a asset, and could be a sign of a squeeze about to happen, it can also mean the stock may break down all depending on the context. Hope this helps, and good luck.

[@grouchofwallst]

If I short at $ 10 , can I buy and exit the position at the same time at $5? If stocks is going lower than $5 and I've bought it back at $5 I don't want to be holding the bag. How would that work?

[@aaqibjaved1363]

To short a stock you press the sell button at 10. To buy it back it 5, you set a limit order at 5 for the same number of shares. Once the price reaches the 5, you'll be out of the trade, with your profit.

[@alexiswilliams72190]

If you have 10 shares and a broker borrows 5 and the price increases are you only getting money for 5 shares until they decide to cover?

[@aaqibjaved1363]

You'll get your profit fro all 10 shares.

[@TraderLane702]

That's just scary and def not something I would attempt.

[@OldDirtyMors]

What happens to a short position if a T12 halt happens and the company gets delistet at the end?

[@thetruthisoutthereyt]

@@OldDirtyMors you keep all the money. There are no shares to return.

[@OldDirtyMors]

@@thetruthisoutthereyt thx! just pay the interest rate until the shares are invalid?

[@strweb3117]

`Who pays you when you make money with shorting? is it the broker?

[@SWPsubie]

Other traders, not the broker. You borrow, say 1 share from your broker. You sell it for $100 to another trader. Later, you buy back 1 share for $90 from another trader. The share goes back to your broker and you keep $10

[@ofwwealthtv]

Do you have Copy Trading Signal

[@DaytradeWarrior]

We strongly advise against mirror trading, as it does not help members to learn how to trade on their own. Rather, it creates a dependency on other traders for trade ideas which is not a long-term success strategy. While we do share trades in the live trading room, our goal in sharing them is to create a more proactive learning environment for our members. Rather than focusing on following our trades, they can focus on how we identified the trade setup and the reason why we took a position. You can find more information on mirror trading at the following link: www.warriortrading.com/why-mirror-trading-is-a-bad-idea/

[@QualityQuotientservice]

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[@Sigma-Mindset-and-Growth]

I don't think I will ever take part in short selling and quit frankly the gain to risk ratio seems a bit ridicules to me and I don't see why anyone would want to do it. Nope not for me. Ill stick to parabolic momentum scalping. lol I will say its good to understand short selling thou and the reason I say that is because I think if or when I could or can recognize shorts trying to get out of a position while a stock is going parabolic, it could help me to hold a position longer and make my trade more profitable, just sayen....lol

[@ryanrimmer4013]

i like how you've fully adopted his lingo. I've been using parabolic much more lately myself.

[@Sigma-Mindset-and-Growth]

@@ryanrimmer4013 Thank you and like he says. Its a language all of its own and to better understand it, like any other language, I believe it must be learned... Happy trading..

[@SK-ex3ws]

don't short on the most volatile day. Short the stock which went up a day or two. You can also hedge it by taking both short and longs side and play accordingly. A stock may not go up parabolic. But usually stocks which went up parabolic without fundemental justification should come down after a day few days

[@Sigma-Mindset-and-Growth]

@@SK-ex3ws Yeah I think ill stick to parabolic momentum scalping. I like it better and think it will be more profitable for me but hey if short trading is your thing then I hope it works out for you and you make a lot of money doing it., it's just not for me. Happy Trading!

[@steve6056]

4 billion shares short on GME. Not millions. 😉

[@justadude420]

Naked short selling is ilegal.... but treated like jaywalking ... not robbery which it is...

[@thetruthisoutthereyt]

Robbing hoods keep asking for permission to loan my shares and I refuse.

[@ryanrimmer4013]

webull does too and so do I but I don't even know my reason. What's yours?

[@thetruthisoutthereyt]

@@ryanrimmer4013 I do not want to help them propel the market down or help them creat market down down pressure. If I am holding for the long it makes no sense. They can buy them when I sell them. I’m not in the loan business.

[@TimeFlies-d8b]

short selling should be banned

[@infinitelyllc]

nope

[@williamgracer9476]

That would be a government overreach

[@austintomkewitz3981]

Your parents should be banned from reproducing

[@Fakestockguru]

Lol