Understanding Short Selling: Strategies and Market Dynamics

Name: Understanding Short Selling: Strategies and Market Dynamics
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Learning made simple: short squeeze, hedge funds, put options, short interest and more

Created byTalent Growth Lab

Last updated 2/2025

English

What you'll learn

Why did GameStop not follow fundamental valuation models?
How does short selling work?
How to identify most shorted stocks?
What is a short squeeze and how it applies to GameStop?
What is a gamma squeeze and how it applies to GameStop?
How is GameStop different to Volkswagen squeeze?
How do put options work?
What is short interest?
How do hedge funds work?
How long can a short seller hold its exposure?
Why is it so hard to beat the market index?
What are the long-term implications of GameStop phenomenon?
How are call options different to put options?
What is the timeline of GameStop capital market events?
What is a margin account?
How are the margin account funding requirements calculated?

Course content

4 sections • 23 lectures • 1h 24m total length

Course Preview1:46
Disclaimer - Terms of Use - Please Read1:25
Review the course terms, legal disclaimer, and no investment advice notice before accessing content; understand that information is general, not tailored, and is provided as is.
Short selling explained4:14
Margin account requirements5:32
Stock price goes up - margin call4:48
Stock price goes down - margin release1:34
Short sellers profit and loss profile1:41
How do hedge funds fit into this?4:10
Hedge funds specialize in short selling and publish research to drive price discovery by highlighting overvaluation, fraud, or outdated models, though downside is unlimited and risk is very high.
How long can a short seller hold its exposure?2:59

What is a gamma squeeze?1:51
Short squeeze explained2:14
Is GameStop short squeeze a new thing?3:09
Short interest explained2:20
Learn how to identify heavily shorted stocks via short interest, free float, and days to cover. Understand how shifts in short interest signal bearish or bullish sentiment and short squeeze.
Most shorted stocks in the US5:35
Short interest data sources2:24
Short interest data comes from shortside.com and exchange feeds such as Nasdaq and NYSE, with biweekly lag and paid access; combining lending data with exchange data yields near real-time insights.
Can an individual investor beat the market?5:16
Beat the market over the long term by recognizing market efficiency and the risk-adjusted returns of indices like the S&P 500; public data and fast trading erode advantage.

Share price evolution3:29
Timeline of events3:41
Trace the GameStop timeline from Jill's 2019 investment to Ryan Cohen's 2021 digital strategy shift, as Reddit's Wall Street Bets discussions and hedge funds' short bets drive market moves.
Why would brokers curb trade?2:57
What are the long term implications?8:25
Analyze long term consequences of GameStop, including capital raises and the short squeeze, and how share price movements relate to underlying business, winners and losers among traders and hedge funds.

Requirements

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Description

GameStop has taken over the world with the rise in its share price driven by retail traders with the help of social media, which turned into a real nightmare for hedge fund. This course is aimed at those who want to have good understanding and talk comfortably about the most recent developments in equity capital markets surrounding GameStop.

By signing up to this course you will:

Learn about the reasons why GameStop's share price stopped following fundamental valuation models

Be able to identify most shorted stocks

Explain the theory behind short squeeze and gamma squeeze

Learn how GameStop is different to previous short squeezes such as Volkswagen

Get an overview of key events and the timeline of GameStop's short squeeze

Understand how long a short selling position can last

Gain knowledge about put and call options

Explain key short selling measures such as short interest

Understand the long-term implications of GameStop phenomenon

Learn why it is so hard to beat the market index on risk-adjusted returns basis over the long term

What is a margin account and why it is required for short selling

How margin account funding requirements are calculated

TERMS OF USE - DISCLAIMER

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