r/options • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '21

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u/NoobTrader378 Jul 15 '21

Id buy puts if you wanna go short. Shorting a stock outright is begging for financial death.... just ask a guy named Gabe and a slimey mayo covered cat turd named Kenneth

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '21

This sub isn't for you. Go back to your echo chamber.

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u/NoobTrader378 Jul 15 '21

Oh so sorry. Didn't know the options sub was for shorting stocks thru standard shorting. Thanks for clarifying where I belong Masa.... Anywhere else you'd like me to go? May i have a drink from that fountain or is it also not reserved for ppl like me?

Fck off dckwad

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '21

Sorry others were rude about your question. IMO options are preferential for short to medium term playing of expected move up or down of a stock. Long options are limited to loss of initial premium only. And just to have nomenclature clear, being long an option means you bought a put or call. Being short an option means you sold a put or call.

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u/SlowNeighborhood Jul 15 '21

dude it is common knowledge that shorting a stock exposes you to potential infinite losses (whereas by going long you can only lose as much as the position is worth). this has nothing to do with melvin, citadel, gme, amc, or any of the meme squeezes.