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How short selling borrows shares

A short sale borrows shares, sells them, and later must buy shares back to return to the lender.

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A short sale starts by borrowing shares and selling them, so the seller receives cash and owes the same number of shares back to the lender. The position gains if the shares can be bought back more cheaply and loses if the buyback costs more, but the first mechanical fact is the borrow. The opening covers shares are borrowed then sold, the short must return them, and borrow fees price scarcity.

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Shares are borrowed then sold
The short must return them
Borrow fees price scarcity
A recall forces a buyback
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

Sources

Securities lending for short sales
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How short selling borrows shares

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