Comment on Unity Backpedals on Its Horrible Plan for Game Install Fees Amid Developer Backlash

• ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t know whether you care about the specifics, but just in case you do…

  Selling stock you own before a price drop isn’t selling short. Insider trading yes, but not selling short.

  Selling short requires you borrow stock you don’t own and then sell it, with a promise to purchase it later. If you know a price drop is coming, then you make money on the fact that you’ve sold it at a higher price than you need to pay to purchase it.

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  • reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The comment I was replying to said “sell/short”, either being strategies to protect yourself when you’ve got insider info that your company is about to hemorrhage money.

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