Welcome to our fifth video in our Tiger Academy Series - US stock market investing for beginners
After watching the video from last week, I believe you are now able to understand the important differences between a cash account and a margin account. In this week's lesson, we will take you through two directions of stock buying in the US stock market.
Many people know how to go long, but what about going short? US stocks can be traded both long and short, which is one of the things that attracts many people to US stocks. Going long is buying and going short is selling without taking a position. When an investor does not hold a position in stock but expects it to fall, he or she borrows the stock from a broker and sells it, then buys it at a lower price when it falls and returns it to the broker to make the difference. So where does the borrowed stock come from? Is there any risk that comes along with short trading? In what circumstances we can’t go short?
Let's start with our fifth video about The two directions of US stock trading.
This week's Tiger Academy video will take you through how to long and how to go short, which includes:
The concept of long and short
How to go short on the Tiger Trade app?
Does short selling require paying interest?
What is short data? How can we view short data on the Tiger Trade app
What do you need to know about shorting risk?
In what circumstances can we not short?
After watching this video, you should have a better understanding of 2 directions of US stock trading. You can use the Tiger Trade app to simulate before you start shorting, and more features are available for you to discover.
See you next time!