How to Short sell stocks online with a discount online brokerage?

December 8th, 2010 | by admin |
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WorkingDogDude asked:


I am new to stocks overall. I would like to know how can I short sell stocks online with a discount online brokerage such as Etrade, TDameritrade, charlesshwab, etc. It is even possible to short sell stocks online with a discount brokerage or will I have to contact individual brokerages?

Jeff

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    2. By Ted on Dec 10, 2010 | Reply

      I do this all the time. You just enter the order to sell short like any other order.

    3. By John S on Dec 10, 2010 | Reply

      You sell short stocks the same way you would normally do when you sell stocks you already own.
      For most brokerages and platforms, there’s usually a “sell short” button right beside the “sell” button on the trading platform.
      My brokerage doesn’t even distinguish between the two. Just one sell command for both normal sell and short sell. So if I had 200 shares of ABC, I can choose to sell 400 shares, and the position reverses to -200, ie. short 200 shares.

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