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Short Stories: The amateur trader

We hear from an investor inspired to try the high risk strategy.

Short selling has gone mainstream. Inspired by the noisy success of activist short sellers, amateur investors are now trying this highly risky strategy themselves.

They鈥檙e aided by a slew of new trading apps making it possible to short a stock or currency in seconds.

Peter Roscoe is a YouTube investing vlogger who鈥檚 experienced the highs and lows of short selling.

We also hear from the UK boss of trading app E-Toro 鈥� who says shorting has exploded on the platform.

Producer: Ciaran Tracey
Presenter: Leanna Byrne

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18 minutes

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Wed 27 Dec 2023 08:32GMT
成人论坛 World Service

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