Comment by alain94040
4 years ago
Because, to simplify, shorts are hoping for people to fail, while longs are hoping for people to succeed.
4 years ago
Because, to simplify, shorts are hoping for people to fail, while longs are hoping for people to succeed.
What both shorts and longs are hoping for are profits on their investment. I doubt either really cares about businesses/people succeeding or failing.
If you promise a bunch of long holders that a particular short trade is guaranteed to make profit, would they not take it out of concern for people?