Buying and Hanging - Buying and Hanging

…There is a stock market proverb that goes, “Waiting for a pullback, but no pullback.” This refers to a situation in which a stock is bought with the expectation that it will rise in price, but then falls instead, making it impossible to take profits as expected. Short sellers do not have stock certificates in their possession, or even if they do, they do not use them, but instead borrow stocks from a securities company or securities finance company using the margin trading system to sell the stocks. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "buying on the sidelines" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…〈押目待ちに押目なし〉という相場格言もある。　買いぶらさがり値上がりするものと思って買った株が逆に下がって，思うように利食いできない状態になること。　空売り手もとに株券がないか，あるいはもっていてもそれを使用せず，信用取引制度を利用して証券会社や証券金融会社から借りて株を売ることをいう。…

※「買いぶらさがり」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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