05-24-2015, 11:56 PM
As far as I understand, when shorting, you hope the stock prices go down so when you need to return the shares, you can do so at a lower price, pocketing that difference. I mean otherwise from a brokering agency standpoint I wouldn't see a lot of point to it. Borrowing is more or less intended to model this, although the fixed time limit gives some extra maneuvering room ultimately in your favour. I'll get a good night's sleep and deliberate how to proceed from there.