# Short Selling Petition

**URL:** <https://community.trading212.com/t/short-selling-petition/52537>\
**Category:** 💬 Trading 212 chat\
**Created:** [November 7, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/short-selling-petition/52537 "2021-11-07T15:06:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zergui](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/zergui/32/14620_2.png) [@Zergui](https://community.trading212.com/u/Zergui)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/short-selling-petition/52537/3 "2021-11-07T15:46:31Z")

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> [@Lent out shares](https://community.trading212.com/t/lent-out-shares/51973/57):
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> Except that shorting has provably been healthy for markets. Heck, the GME’s events that lead to many retail investors losing quite a decent amount of money only have been so devastating because of lack of shorting person_shrugging
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> > **Sources**
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> > \<a href="https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/012815/how-does-short-selling-help-market-and-investors.asp"\>https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/012815/how-does-short-selling-help-market-and-investors.asp\</a\>
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> > **More explanation**
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> > A short seller is goi…

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