Shorting stocks has been a coin-flip in 2025, with almost 50% of short positions unprofitable this year, S3 Partners said.

The market's rapid bounce back to near record highs over the past month has not been kind to investors betting against US ...

The big risk of short selling is that you guess wrong and the stock rises, causing unlimited losses. Short selling is typically a high-risk, high-reward trading strategy — an alternative to the ...

A key force at the center of the stock market's massive two-day rally is the frantic behavior of short sellers covering their losses. Hedge fund short sellers recently added more bearish wagers in ...

In this situation, short-sellers are still required to close out of their position on their contract expiration date, despite the fact that they will be taking a loss when they buy back the shares ...

A short squeeze occurs when a sudden up move in a stock causes short sellers to close their positions and cut losses, involving buying back shares and adding to the upward momentum. As far as the ...

As strategists have digested the large move higher in stocks that recently brought the S&P 500 back within 3% of its record close, some believe short-covering helped contribute to the rally as ...