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Borrowing a security (or commodity futures contract) from a broker and selling it, with the understanding that it must later be bought back (hopefully at a lower price) and returned to the broker. SEC rules allow investors to sell short only on an uptick or a zero-plus tick, to prevent /quot;pool operators/quot; from driving down a stock price through heavy short-selling, then buying the shares for a large profit. also called selling short.

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