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minus-squareJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoAnyone 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.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-28 months agoYou 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.
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.
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.