What is Short selling?

What is Short selling?

Short selling is the selling of a stock that the seller doesn't own. More specifically, a short sale is the sale of a security that isn't owned by the seller, but that is promised to be delivered.

Short selling is an investment or trading strategy that speculates on the decline in a stock or other security's price.

You can short sell in equity (Intraday only) & derivatives (Intraday & carry both).

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