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Short sellingShort selling (also known as shorting or going short) is the practice of selling securities or other financial instruments that are not currently owned, and subsequently repurchasing them (covering). In the event of an interim price decline, the short seller will profit, since the cost of (re)purchase will be less than the proceeds which were received upon the initial (short) sale.?Speculators?may sell short in the hope of realizing a profit on an instrument which appears to be overvalued. Short selling is a very risky technique as it involves precise timing and goes contrary to t