• cm0002@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Welp, time to buy shorts…or is it puts? (I’m not a stock trader, which ever is the one you buy when you’re predicting a drop in stock price lmao)

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      5 months ago

      Id recommend doing neither if youre not comfortable with the terms.

      Shorts can be particularly dangerous. Puts/Calls tend to at least be a static gain or loss, although it can be large as well.

      In this instance where you want to bet money on a stock falling, you would buy a put or sell a call. You can buy and sell for different time frames and different total amounts, but that’s extra complexity. Start very small, standard length and only 1 contract at a time.