Short Selling
Short selling is the act of selling something one doesn’t own with the goal of buying it back in the future cheaper. Hypothetically, one’s losses are unlimited but this book lays out how to spot sitting ducks.
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Short selling is the act of selling something one doesn’t own with the goal of buying it back in the future cheaper. Hypothetically, one’s losses are unlimited but this book lays out how to spot sitting ducks.
How to buy? How to sell? The Art of Executions looks at the decision making of some of the world’s best fund managers. You might be surprised at the conclusions.
“.. he had to drive down from up north to London with about a million pounds’ worth of gold in his cart to prove that he wasn’t going bust..”
“.. you never saw a blue stock in the credit crunch – forget that. Everything, whatever it was, was red.”
“Most people don’t, they really don’t, they can’t stand it emotionally. I can’t stand it emotionally.”
“.. you can’t do anything, you’re sat there, you read it, you know you’re going to take a huge loss as soon as the market opens and there’s nothing you can do about it..”
Pete turned £12,000 into £140,000, lost 90% of it, and then racked up £50,000 in debt. And then made the same mistake again.
Q4 2018 was a testing time for stock market participants as global equities plunged across the board and many AIM darlings (and non-darlings) were smashed to smithereens. The extensive and increased use of leverage has
This article was written by myself and was originally published in three parts on @WheelieDealer’s website, you can find it here: http://wheeliedealer.weebly.com/educational-blogs/ The mindset of a winning trader AIM is home to all sorts of
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