Short selling is a way to invest so that you profit when the price of a security — such as a stock — declines. It’s considered an advanced strategy that is probably best left to experienced ...

Short selling means selling stocks you've borrowed, aiming to buy them back later for less money. Traders often look to short-selling as a means of profiting on short-term declines in shares.

The current Reddit-fueled short squeeze on stocks like GameStop (NYSE: GME) and AMC Theaters (NYSE: AMC) has more investors interested in shorting and how they can profit from a short squeeze.

The current Reddit-fueled short squeeze on stocks like GameStop (NYSE: GME) and AMC Theaters (NYSE: AMC) has more investors interested in shorting and how they can profit from a short squeeze.