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Briefly, if anyone can, what is a short trade?

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My friend, Short trade means selling a currency in Forex and selling a share is stock market. The terminologies are:

Short - Sell

Long - Buy

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Hi newbie,

If you're doing some research there are tons of great resources out there for you.  I'll point you in the direction of a few of my favs:

I find several helpful articles on ezine.com.  This one may help you now: http://ezinearticles.com/?Stock-Market-Short-Selling---How-Do-You-Know-Which-Stocks-to-Sell-Short?&id=2191366

Also, I found this report extremely helpful.  It gives you 7 tips for becoming a successful trader.  Here's the link:

http://www.netpicks.com/7commandments/

Hope this helps.

 

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