{"id":262,"date":"2025-08-15T14:28:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:28:29","slug":"going-short-simplified","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/?page_id=262","title":{"rendered":"Going short &#8211; simplified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To understand opening a short position, let&#8217;s use the following simplified values:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Bid: 1 EUR = 2 USD\nAsk: 1 EUR = 3 USD<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If the trader decides to go short, they are selling euros and buying dollars at the bid price, in the hope that the dollar goes down against the euro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that for every 1 euro you sell, you buy 2 dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In time, if the dollar does go down against the euro, this is illustrated with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><strong>Bid: 1 EUR = 1.25 USD<\/strong>\n<strong>Ask: 1 EUR = 1.5 USD<\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The trader can now buy back euros at the ask price, meaning they pay 1.5 USD for every euro and retain 0.5 USD as profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To understand opening a short position, let&#8217;s use the following simplified values: If the trader decides to go short, they are selling euros and buying dollars at the bid price, in the hope that the dollar goes down against the euro. This means that for every 1 euro you sell, you buy 2 dollars. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7zeros.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}