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Ethan17573240 | Short Selling? |
Usually when you buy a stock you buy it at the ask price which is higher and you sell at the lower bid price. When short selling a stock, could you buy a stock and immediately sell it and keep the difference? |
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financegal27
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Well no, the above poster is right you are shorting at the ask, and buying back at the bid, you lose. Usually short selling is done in margin accounts, which is essentially a loan. Second in your scenario you explained the bid and the ask don't necessarily reflect the price you will actually pay and you could very likely lose money. Second the transaction fee associated on that transaction would likely result in a net loss, let's say the bid ask spread is a $1.50, if you complete the transaction as stated above you will pay at minimum (if you use a site like e-trade) $8 to short it and $8 to buy it back so it cost you $16 to make $1.50 profit, you've lost $14.50. Lastly NASD day trading regulations make these types of transactions pretty much impossible. |
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Jeff
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Short selling involves you borrowing stock from a broker, and then selling it on the open market.
After a few months pass, you then buy it back, hopefully cheaper. The stock goes back to the broker, and you keep the difference.
What you're trying to do is collect on the arbitrage between the bid and the ask, but it doesn't work that way. |
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Common Sense
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Well.... yes and no. I doubt if it would be profitable taking into account the transaction costs & the speed the market moves. |
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Spock (rhp)
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you would sell short at the lower price and buy back at the higher price ... loss |
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leb86305
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You can never sell at the ask price; only the market maker can do that.
The regulatory agencies protect the market maker's spread (the difference between the bid and the ask); it is their profit that enables them to keep in business. The guarantee is the way the government rewards them for taking the risk of being a market maker.
The closest you can come is if you are using a Level II trading platform and notice a gap in the regional markets. Occasionally, if you're quick, you can buy on one market (say Philadelphia) and sell on another (say Cincinnatti) and make a profit. |
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walt17jr
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Whether going long or shorting, there are no restrictions on the time frame for when you close your position. You can short a stock then cover the short a minute later. If you can make a profit in such a short time frame.
When you close a short position be sure you "buy to cover." If you place a "buy" order that doesn't close your short. You will be long and short the same stock.
As another responder mentioned, to sell short you must have a margin account. |
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Daniel P
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short selling or shorting occurs when you borrow stock owned by someone else and sell it. you sell because you believe the price will fall. then you re purchase that stock and replace those borrowed shares. the difference between what you sold it for and the repurchase price minus commisions and fees is your profit. very profitable if you know what you're doing. |
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subby
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You sell low and buy higher at the same instant so you would have a loss. Plus you would need to pay for the brokerage fee and profit tax in certain countries.
But stock market is volatile and full of wild emotions. Stock price could fluctuate over 100% a day. So in real life, in between the short few seconds you find a buyer and a seller for the same stock and the same quantity of shares, the prices could have gone positive in your favor or negative and this is basically gambling. I would advise stock participants to invest with longer-span strategies. You would find investing articles from experts at this link: |
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