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Short Trading Of Shares

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Hi Everyone Are we able to short trade shares in SA? Definition of 'Short Sale' A market transaction in which an investor sells borrowed securities in anticipation of a price decline and is required to return an equal number of shares at some point in the future. The payoff to selling short is the opposite of a long position. A short seller will make money if the stock goes down in price, while a long position makes money when the stock goes up. The profit that the investor receives is equal to the value of the sold borrowed shares less the cost of repurchasing the borrowed shares.
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SimonPB
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sure, CFDs, futures, options/warrants
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superstar
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Uhmmm so it appeared that you needed to clarify what short is?
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WES
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suki
Super Contributor
I suspect your are someone from my Investment class. there was a similar question and the question structure is exactly the same.
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