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re: Why do people have an aversion to shorting stocks ?
Posted on 7/17/26 at 8:59 am to ZZTOP
Posted on 7/17/26 at 8:59 am to ZZTOP
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Why do people have an aversion to shorting stocks ?
Go talk to all the institutions and people that have lost everything by shorting stocks, there's plenty of them
There's infinite downside
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:19 am to ZZTOP
“Whatever” is about the response I expected.
No one said it changed the fact you made money. But you didn’t short any stock. You bought an inverse ETF.
No one said it changed the fact you made money. But you didn’t short any stock. You bought an inverse ETF.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:57 am to TX_Tiger23
doesn't know the difference in shorting a stock vs inverse ETF, but it was totally logic and not luck 
Posted on 7/17/26 at 10:21 am to DawgCountry
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doesn't know the difference in shorting a stock vs inverse ETF, but it was totally logic and not luck
Semantics much ?
Saying "I shorted" was more efficient and to the point than saying "I purchased SSPC which is an inverse leveraged ETF that mirrors the performance of SPCX negatively at 2X".
Had I said all that you would have complained "Why didn't you just say you shorted it".
You sound butthurt that you've lost your arse on SPCX while I've tripled my money.
This post was edited on 7/17/26 at 10:32 am
Posted on 7/17/26 at 11:21 am to ZZTOP
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When I told people I was shorting SPCX they all freaked out and said :"Good luck with that, Elon's a super genius with rockets and stuff bro"
I got burned shorting TSLA back in the day. They were basically a government subsidized company that made more money selling EV credits to other companies. But the Elon hype kept it going and he was still the Democrat darling at the time.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 11:50 am to ZZTOP
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while I've tripled my money.
Congrats on your $300 bucks!
Kidding… sort of
I think what’s cringey, somewhat not believable about your post is you waited until SPCX is trading below it’s IPO price before you posted that you bought this inverse leveraged ETF when SPCX was trading at $220.
Was this a one off trade or do you trade like this regularly?
What other bold trades do you currently have you can share with us?
It would be more believable if you made this post when SPCX was trading at/near $220
Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:33 pm to ZZTOP
I don't want to make money off of another person's misfortunes. You're betting against the success of a business. That's trashy.
Sports gambling is different, tho.
Sports gambling is different, tho.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 3:47 pm to ZZTOP
quote:So is going to Caesar's Palace until the inevitable cold streak comes along.
It's all about making money
Posted on 7/17/26 at 4:57 pm to ZZTOP
Buying Puts is doing the same thing with infinitely less risk. With emphasis on the word infinitely
Posted on 7/17/26 at 5:22 pm to ZZTOP
I’d have shorted this thread on the poly market
Posted on 7/17/26 at 5:25 pm to TX_Tiger23
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This post was edited on 7/18/26 at 2:03 am
Posted on 7/17/26 at 6:00 pm to ZZTOP
quote:Most legendary short sellers become former legendary short sellers. I’ll let you solve that one.
Why do people have an aversion to shorting stocks
Posted on 7/17/26 at 7:19 pm to ZZTOP
I think it’s a lack of understanding
Also it’s going against the idea that you should invest long term
Also it’s going against the idea that you should invest long term
Posted on 7/17/26 at 8:20 pm to ZZTOP
Yeah IPOs these days always seem to retreat below the IPO price to something reasonable before taking off again.
Initial investors want to take some profits.
Same thing happened with meta.
Initial investors want to take some profits.
Same thing happened with meta.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:01 am to ZZTOP
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Via ETF.
Bought SSPC(2X SPCX Short) at $6.10, it's now at $17.56
I tried telling people that the risk with SPCX was being long, not short.
SSPC at $22.82 now.
I've almost quadrupled my money with this 2X SPCX Short ETF.
How long will it take SPCX Longs to quadruple their SPCX returns?
Heck, they will probably be lucky if they ever get back to break even.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:11 am to ZZTOP
Do us a favor and let us know the day you sell your SSPC position.
Don’t come in here and say “oh I sold that two weeks ago”
Tell us on the day you sell it
Don’t come in here and say “oh I sold that two weeks ago”
Tell us on the day you sell it
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:19 am to Tiger4life306
quote:
Do us a favor and let us know the day you sell your SSPC position.
Don’t come in here and say “oh I sold that two weeks ago”
Tell us on the day you sell it
Will probably sell my seed money (around 27%) today.
That way it's all profit.
If it continues to melt I continue to make a killing.
If for some retarded reason it rallies back to 220 I didn't lose a dime.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:38 am to ZZTOP
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Will probably sell my seed money (around 27%) today. That way it's all profit. If it continues to melt I continue to make a killing. If for some retarded reason it rallies back to 220 I didn't lose a dime.
This is the reason people have an aversion to shorting
You’re bragging about your profit and how you can’t lose etc etc
It’s all very spiritually Israeli and unamerican. Remember what Jesus said about camels and heaven
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:41 am to ZZTOP
Most people that gamble would rather go to a casino and walk away when they’ve lost their bankroll.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 2:31 pm to ZZTOP
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It's all about making money.
I shorted SPCX when it was 220 using a leveraged short.
I've almost tripled my money.
When I told people I was shorting SPCX they all freaked out and said :"Good luck with that, Elon's a super genius with rockets and stuff bro"
I still can't believe people were actually buying this nonsense when it had a market cap larger than MSFT & AMZN.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Why did people start threads with questions in them when their real intention was really to just pat themselves on the back?
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 3:29 pm
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