{"id":42879,"date":"2026-05-29T21:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volity.io\/blog\/what-is-short-selling-stocks-sw\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T19:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:41:13","slug":"what-is-short-selling-stocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volity.io\/sw\/kamusi\/what-is-short-selling-stocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Selling ni Nini"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jinsi short selling inavyofanya kazi<\/h2>\n<p>Short selling ni kupata faida kutoka hisa inayoshuka. Unakopa hisa, unaziuza kwa bei ya sasa, na unalenga kuzinunua tena nafuu baadaye, ukirudisha hisa zilizokopwa na kubakiza tofauti. Ni picha ya kioo ya kununua kwa kawaida: unapata fedha bei inaposhuka. Brokers hutoza ada ya kukopa kwa mkopo, na nafasi lazima hatimaye ifungwe kwa kununua hisa tena.<\/p>\n<h2>Mfano wa vitendo<\/h2>\n<p>Una-short hisa 100 kwa $50, ukipokea $5,000. Hisa hushuka hadi $38 nawe unanunua tena kwa $3,800, faida ya $1,200 kabla ya ada ya kukopa. Lakini ikipanda hadi $70 badala yake, ungenunua tena kwa $7,000, hasara ya $2,000, na bei ingeweza kuendelea kupanda. Faida ina kikomo kwa hisa kufikia sifuri; hasara haina dari.<\/p>\n<h2>Short selling kwenye Volity<\/h2>\n<p>Kushikilia hisa halisi hukuruhusu tu kwenda long. Kupata faida kutoka kushuka kwenye Volity una-short hisa kama CFD, ambayo haihitaji mkopo wa hisa na huunga mkono leverage ya rejareja yenye kikomo cha 5:1 kwa hisa moja chini ya sheria za CySEC. Ulinzi wa salio hasi huweka kikomo cha hali mbaya zaidi kwenye amana yako, lakini hatari isiyo sawia ya short bado hudai stops ngumu na ukubwa mdogo.<\/p>\n<h2>Kwa nini ni muhimu<\/h2>\n<p>Short selling hukuruhusu kuchukua hatua kwa mtazamo hasi na kukinga kitabu cha long, lakini wasifu wake wa hasara isiyo na kikomo huifanya kuwa mwelekeo wa hatari zaidi, ndio maana wanaoanza hubobea mipangilio ya long kwanza. <a href=\"https:\/\/volity.io\/glossary\/what-is-a-short-squeeze\/\">Short squeeze<\/a> ni hatari maalum ya shorts zilizosongamana. Yanayohusiana: <a href=\"https:\/\/volity.io\/glossary\/what-is-going-long-vs-going-short\/\">long dhidi ya short<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jifunze zaidi katika <a href=\"https:\/\/volity.io\/stocks-trading-guide\/\">mwongozo wetu wa biashara ya hisa<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jinsi short selling inavyofanya kazi Short selling ni kupata faida kutoka hisa inayoshuka. 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