What do you mean by shorting? For example, in the investment market, we often hear two investment terms, short and long. For example, Bridgewater earns 3 billion yuan by shorting European stock markets for a week. So, what does short mean? Talk to you today. Short selling refers to investors' expectation that the market will fall in the future, selling their investment targets at the price, and then buying them after the market falls to earn the price difference. Its characteristic lies in the trading behavior of selling first and then buying. < /p > For example, the current price of a stock is 2 yuan, and Xiao Li predicts that the stock will plummet in the future. First, he borrows 1, shares from the investors or institutions holding the stock and sells them. When the return date comes, the stock will plummet as predicted by Xiao Li, and the stock price is 15 yuan. At this time, Xiao Li buys 1, shares and returns them. This is short selling. The arbitrage that Xiao Li succeeded in shorting this time is equal to 1,. < /p > In futures and foreign stock markets, shorting is a common operation mode, but in the A-share market, investors can only achieve the purpose of shorting through the following ways.

1. Margin trading business < /p > Investors can open margin trading business and make use of the characteristics of margin trading to achieve the purpose of shorting, that is, investors predict that a stock will fall, borrow the stock from a securities company and sell it.

2. Stock index futures < /p > Investors can also buy and sell with share price index futures authority to achieve short selling effect. The 3 constituent stocks in the Shanghai and Shenzhen 3 Index in A-shares can be short selling. < /p > In short-selling transactions, we should pay attention to the following two points:

1. We should have the ability to judge the overall market trend. If investors make a mistake in forecasting the overall market trend, they may suffer huge losses.

2. When shorting, we should grasp the rhythm of stock price operation, sell when the stock price rebounds, and buy when the stock price plummets. < /p > Investment is risky, so be cautious when entering the market < /p >