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I’ll expand because i was a little vague. Lets say DJT is at 5$. You think it’s gonna go to 1$. You borrow a share at 5$ with the expectation you have to eventually give that share back. The lender, because he’s taking the risk, charges interest (usually monthly) for how long you hold the stock without paying it back. So while the stock may be at 5$ you’ll end up paying, say, 2$ a month to borrow it. This obviously eats into whatever profits you have.He said short the stock. Shorting is not options or puts.
The more a stock is shorted (and thus the less shares available), and depending on the volatility, the higher the interest is when borrowing. So to move to the actual stock rather than the example, it has something like a 500% borrowing fee. I’ll let you all do the math on how much it would cost to borrow a share that’s 38$ with a 500% borrowing rate