Short selling

[BernyJB]

Thank you everybody for the replies.
For the record, it's not that I feel any way about shorting, I'm just testing the waters. The explanation I had didn't make sense to me, now I know the whole thing is much bigger and more complex than I thought.

I haven't posted on this board so far, so for those that don't know me, I'm a newbie,

I will totally disagree with you indecencies that you are full member not even an ordinary member, for you to become a full member you have possessed 140 activities which is approximately six months, so you are not a newbie

And then I was convinced there was nobody crazier than me...
In any case, I registered on October 28^th, so that'd make it a bit over 4 months. And the more I learn, the more I feel I'm just scratching the very surface of the thing...

and as green as can be expected. I've been trying to learn as much as I can, watching videos, and reading anything I can get my hands on. As of late, I watched a video on short selling a gazillion times, but I just can't wrap my mind around it. It just doesn't make any sense to me.

Yes, i support you via learning on your own and this will give you much insight to learn more, watching videos and making other research will activate you level of notifying your error.

Thank you. It'd probably be easier if I had some previous knowledge on another form of trading, like stocks or forex, but I'm literally new to the whole thing. Up until mid October I was convinced crypto was a "scam"...

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Short selling is risky trade and  i need ro say it is much more profitable .gain and loss is there .dont be dissappoint while we got a great loss move on with positive vibe .it will held indefinitely and short sale

Both shorting and longing are risky. While there is a possibility of making good gains, there is also a high risk of making losses. The observation I noticed which made me think shorting is easier is because of the market movements when a price and asset is rising vs plunging.

When the price is usually rising, it takes a while to build up, and it rarely spikes up in a short time while when the price is plunging. It's often quick and drops so much in a short time.

[dunfida]

Short selling is risky trade and  i need ro say it is much more profitable .gain and loss is there .dont be dissappoint while we got a great loss move on with positive vibe .it will held indefinitely and short sale

Both shorting and longing are risky. While there is a possibility of making good gains, there is also a high risk of making losses. The observation I noticed which made me think shorting is easier is because of the market movements when a price and asset is rising vs plunging.

When the price is usually rising, it takes a while to build up, and it rarely spikes up in a short time while when the price is plunging. It's often quick and drops so much in a short time.

When you do know on how to play with price or market volatility then you would be definitely be able to play with the current price movements on which you could really make profits in short time
on doing short trades or day trades but we know that this isnt for everybody on which you would really be needing sufficient skills and knowledge before you could able to handle volatility well.
Success will depend or vary on how well you do handle it out so it is very situational.

[tygeade]

When you do know on how to play with price or market volatility then you would be definitely be able to play with the current price movements on which you could really make profits in short time
on doing short trades or day trades but we know that this isnt for everybody on which you would really be needing sufficient skills and knowledge before you could able to handle volatility well.
Success will depend or vary on how well you do handle it out so it is very situational.

Even though you can make quick profits, many people still avoid doing short selling or short term trades for some reason like they can say that it's risky and takes a lot of monitoring, something like that, which is why a lot of them still sticks with investing however in investing, knowledge on how market volatility work is still needed so that we can buy and sell on the right time.

In terms of success yeah, some think they are successful already once they can make a simple profit through shorter-term trades but I think to the rest of us, we measure success once we earn a huge amount of cash or if we successfully sell and make a profit after a long term of holding.

[darewaller]

Even though you can make quick profits, many people still avoid doing short selling or short term trades for some reason like they can say that it's risky and takes a lot of monitoring, something like that, which is why a lot of them still sticks with investing however in investing, knowledge on how market volatility work is still needed so that we can buy and sell on the right time.

In terms of success yeah, some think they are successful already once they can make a simple profit through shorter-term trades but I think to the rest of us, we measure success once we earn a huge amount of cash or if we successfully sell and make a profit after a long term of holding.

The only reason why people are doing all of that risky trading is the fact that there are a lot of profits to be made from those things. It has a lot more potential. Making 2x is a big and lucky thing in long term investment or spot trading, doing 2x profit on high leveraged short futures is not a big deal at all. This is why I believe that people are not really doing it because they believe it will work, they are just gambling.

So, there are a lot of people who are throwing money at these high risk high reward ratio investments and if it doesn't work then it doesn't work, but the reward is so high that you can try up to 20+ times before you can hit one and still be in profit.