Traders who bet against stocks made a killing in 2022, as short sellers netted $300 billion

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Short holdings had a return of 30.8% in 2022 as the market slid.

they borrow shares from a broker and sell them in hopes of buying the stock back later at a lower priceIt's a tactic that does best when the broader market is hurting. Short seller returns came in below the major indexes when the market gained value in 2019 through 2021, but beat the averages when they ended the year down in 2018.

Short sellers still needed to be good stock pickers in 2022 as different sectors and individual holdings could produce vastly different results, Dusaniwsky said.

 

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Short selling is rigged. The big boys have the messaging in the media to mess with the trading public. The algorithms always win

wow that's great media!! people profited by betting AGAINST growth? awesome tweet!

david einhorn went in too early

CNBC is very accurate when they look backwards.

Special thanks to ROKU :D hahahahah massive short gains sheesh

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