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Short Selling

Traditional Chinese: 放空1 real trading day

Short selling means selling first and buying back later, profiting if the price falls. In Taiwan, day traders can sell first and buy back the same day (day-trade shorting) as long as they meet the broker's requirements. If the price rises instead, the short loses money. On the hand-drawn charts, S marks a short entry.

Short Selling in my real trades

Oct 29, 2026 (Thu) | Short #1: oversold bounce

Oct 29, 2026 (Thu) hand-drawn illustration: The stock dropped hard after the open and bounced; the first short was placed on the bounce.
The stock dropped hard after the open and bounced; the first short was placed on the bounce.
A plain bounce short: after a sharp drop the stock bounced back, and the short went in on the bounce while it was still below VWAP. The main worry before entering was a sudden V-turn in the broader market.
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Oct 29, 2026 (Thu) | Short #2: resistance at the prior high

Oct 29, 2026 (Thu) hand-drawn illustration: Price bounced back to the prior high (resistance) while buyers thinned out, and I shorted a second time.
Price bounced back to the prior high (resistance) while buyers thinned out, and I shorted a second time.
The prior bounce high acts as resistance. When price returned there, the buy orders kept thinning, and after a sell order hit, I judged it couldn't break through and shorted again.
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Oct 29, 2026 (Thu) | Full day: three shorts, three buy-backs

Oct 29, 2026 (Thu) hand-drawn illustration: Three shorts and three buy-backs during the day; after the last exit the stock kept falling.
Three shorts and three buy-backs during the day; after the last exit the stock kept falling.
All three were quick trades: enter, then take profit by my rules. The stock dropped further after the last exit, but after a deep drop a sudden V-turn is always possible, so I followed my rules and didn't chase.
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The hand-drawn charts here are based on my real intraday screenshots from that day; the original entry screenshots are kept.

Related terms

Oversold Bounce · Support and Resistance · Buy to Cover · Take Profit

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