How long can you short sell a stock
There are no rules regarding how long a short sale can last before being closed out. A short sale is a transaction in which shares of a company are borrowed by an investor and sold on the market. Here's how short selling can work in practice: Say that you've identified a stock that currently trades at $100 per share. You think that stock is overvalued, and you believe that its stock price is likely to fall in the near future. Accordingly, you decide that you want to sell 100 shares of the stock short.