• Jesus@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Anyone can buy stock, but to short you need to get approved for a margin account and you need to put up some collateral. Those are two big barriers that are going to block many Redditors in WSB from shorting.

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        8 months ago

        You can just buy a put.

        There’s no infinite loss risk either, the amount risked is determined up front.

        Riskier in the sense it can expire worthless, you can’t hold it forever.