Spread Betting Tutorial 3: All About ShortingAll About Shorting. http://www.spread-betting.com/ Spread betting allows you to bet on falling prices as well as on rising ones. A falling market is called a bear market. When you bet on a share price falling you are said to take a short position or go short. If the price does fall you can buy the bet back at a lower price than you sold it for and you make a profit.
