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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
So is shorting no longer a thing? Why would anybody ever short if options is a thing now?

gpt
There's still shorting. I don't know much about it... I think one of the differences is, you can't trade options on margin. That may be why long an shorts are attractive, because of leverage. But you can also lose a crap ton of money... And get margin called. In options , worst case, your contract expires worthless.