InvestorsHub Logo
Followers 23
Posts 4876
Boards Moderated 0
Alias Born 09/05/2013

Re: BigE1960 post# 56037

Monday, 02/20/2017 7:41:14 AM

Monday, February 20, 2017 7:41:14 AM

Post# of 104408
Looks true enough. I get short ownership (less than a year) and short interest (short selling) mixed up.

"A short interest is the quantity of stock shares that investors have sold short but not yet covered or closed out. Short interest is a market-sentiment indicator that tells whether investors think a stock's price is likely to fall. It can also be compared over time to examine changes in investor sentiment."

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shortinterest.asp

"What is 'Short Selling'
Short selling is the sale of a security that is not owned by the seller, or that the seller has borrowed. Short selling is motivated by the belief that a security's price will decline, enabling it to be bought back at a lower price to make a profit. Short selling may be prompted by speculation, or by the desire to hedge the downside risk of a long position in the same security or a related one. Since the risk of loss on a short sale is theoretically infinite, short selling should only be used by experienced traders who are familiar with its risk"

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shortselling.asp

Join the InvestorsHub Community

Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.