A bear trap occurs when the price of a financial asset appears to be on a steady decline. This leads investors to expect a further drop, and they short-sell to profit from the continuing downtrend. The trap is now set: instead of continuing to fall, the price suddenly reverses and goes...
Let’s run through an example to see how it all works and how much you could make if you short a stock. Imagine you want to short the stock XYZ, which now trades at $100 per share. You have enough margin capacity to short 100 shares comfortably. So you sell those shares in the ma...
Abear squeezeis a situation that happens when traders agree to sell a security in the future at the present price. Expecting the price to decline, they sell the shares in the present, expecting to buy them back at a lower price in the future to be able to sell them again to complete ...
This can be seen with investors who repeatedly double-down on a losing stock to "average down," in the hopes that a possible rally may allow them to finally sell and break even. While this is possible, experts warn it's not a good idea, and is instead akin to "catching a fa...
As we saw at the beginning of this story, Robinhood’s preferred mode of expansion has always been through a waitlist that the company opened to quickly gain traction. Robinhood started to roll out its waitlist in 2019, for the UK. This was an important move, as it would have enabled ...
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Clicking the trade-in button on Gamestop’s website takes you to a new page with a search bar. Type in the name of the game you plan on trading in. It will show you how much cash or store credit you could get for your item. Take advantage of these quotes to determine if you’re...
The method of naked short selling involves two main steps. First, you sell shares without owning, borrowing, or securing the right to borrow them. Later, you purchase and deliver the shares at the market price, hoping for a profit. If you can't afford the shares or if they aren't avai...