Betting against the stock market ? Why dont you just buy stocks ? What is this messing around you speak of here ?
Is this like arbitrage ? Please explain better next time you make a thread thanks OP.
Yes I agree the main post doesn't make sense.
But when someone is talking about "betting" in regards to investment instruments like stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities they are usually referring to binary options.
Like in 24 hours, I "bet" that Gold will be higher than it is at the moment or vice-versa. You can do this for forex and commodities easily. However due to regulations they don't have options like that. Most of the options available in the stock market are vanilla options. Basically calls and puts.