A stock or security strategy in which the investor sells stock which he or she does not have by borrowing the shares from his/her broker . The investor anticipates a fall in price, where the investor buys (covers the short ) the shares at a lower price than what they were sold for, thus recognizing the difference as a profits . Antithesis of going long.
GOING SHORT
Meaning of GOING SHORT in English
Campbell R. Harvey. Hypertextual finance English glossary. Английский словарь гипертекстовых финансов. 2012