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minus-squareRubanski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIsn’t shorting theoretically able to put you in infinite debt?
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI think you would be margin called and just have astronomical but not infinite debt.
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoTheoretically, yes. A short is sorta a negative stock. When you hold a normal stock, the price can never go below zero. But when you hold a negative stock, there’s no maximum value that stock could rise to.
Isn’t shorting theoretically able to put you in infinite debt?
I think you would be margin called and just have astronomical but not infinite debt.
Theoretically, yes. A short is sorta a negative stock. When you hold a normal stock, the price can never go below zero. But when you hold a negative stock, there’s no maximum value that stock could rise to.