Re:Robinhood has lured young traders, sometimes with devasta...
by kjksf on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @06:08PM
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It bears mentioning that this is extremely uncommon situation.
I have both RobinHood account and IBKR and I don't see how I could do an unhedged short.
As a retail investor, the only way I see to short is via options and there you can only loose 100%.
It also bears mentioning that an average result in Vegas is: you loose.
Benchmark returns for stock market is S&P 500 which is 8-15% yearly return (over multiple years, depending on how good the economy is during those years).
And the chances of doing better are higher than chances of loosing money.
I have both RobinHood account and IBKR and I don't see how I could do an unhedged short.
As a retail investor, the only way I see to short is via options and there you can only loose 100%.
It also bears mentioning that an average result in Vegas is: you loose.
Benchmark returns for stock market is S&P 500 which is 8-15% yearly return (over multiple years, depending on how good the economy is during those years).
And the chances of doing better are higher than chances of loosing money.