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description: "In the U.S. stock market, the cost of "shorting" is typically significantly higher than "going long":Going long on stocks has no interest cost (unless using margin), no time limit, and unlimited upside potential.Shorting stocks involves time decay for puts, interest costs for borrowing shares, leverage decay for double-leveraged ETFs, and the maximum profit is capped at the stock going to zero.Just looking at the indices, I think dollar-cost averaging and selling on rallies is already the most significant form of shorting the U.S. stock market. 🧐🧐"
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# In the U.S. stock market, the cost of "shortin…


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## Comments (4)

- **Erstwhile · 2026-04-16T15:44:21.000Z · 👍 1**: Holding cash is also a form of short position.
- **黑化的交易员 · 2026-04-16T15:10:02.000Z**: Shorting is nerve-wracking, going long at least lets you sleep soundly🤣
- **Chubbysesa · 2026-04-16T14:47:44.000Z**: 📸
- **狂飙Jun · 2026-04-16T14:43:10.000Z**: That's right. Waiting for SPX to hit 6800.