@jeffw to TechnologyEnglish • 6 months agoReddit IPO Filings Reveal the Company’s Hopes—and Fearswww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square33arrow-up1190arrow-down16cross-posted to: reddit
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minus-square@muntedcrocodilelinkEnglish58•6 months agoI really want to see it crash i hope all of wallstreetbets shorts them into next year.
minus-squareJesuslinkEnglish12•6 months agoAnyone can buy stock, but to short you need to get approved for a margin account and you need to put up some collateral. Those are two big barriers that are going to block many Redditors in WSB from shorting.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•6 months agoPuts are a poor man’s short. Sold calls are a rich man’s short. I expect a lot of sold calls.
minus-square@muntedcrocodilelinkEnglish5•6 months agoAhh didnt know i dont play the market but id love to see reddit get some well deserved karma
minus-square@NotMyOldRedditNamelinkEnglish6•edit-26 months agoYou can just buy a put. There’s no infinite loss risk either, the amount risked is determined up front. Riskier in the sense it can expire worthless, you can’t hold it forever.
I really want to see it crash i hope all of wallstreetbets shorts them into next year.
Anyone can buy stock, but to short you need to get approved for a margin account and you need to put up some collateral. Those are two big barriers that are going to block many Redditors in WSB from shorting.
Puts are a poor man’s short. Sold calls are a rich man’s short. I expect a lot of sold calls.
Ahh didnt know i dont play the market but id love to see reddit get some well deserved karma
This. Options are the way.
You can just buy a put.
There’s no infinite loss risk either, the amount risked is determined up front.
Riskier in the sense it can expire worthless, you can’t hold it forever.