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by rufus_foreman 251 days ago
>> To be profitable shorting, you have to not only be right about the direction of the market but you have to time it precisely.

It's even worse than that, you also have to get the price right. If everyone wants to short the same stocks, it's going to be expensive to do so.
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_zoltan_ 251 days ago
no, neither of you are right. to short you just need to buy ATM puts. while technically not the classical short, if you believe it's downhill from there, this will pay.

get ATM into 2028dec and you're good if it crashes.

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