Definder - what does the word mean?

What is short squeeze?

A short squeeze occurs when a stock or other asset jumps sharply higher, forcing traders who had bet that its price would fall, to buy it in order to forestall even greater losses. Their scramble to buy only adds to the upward pressure on the stock's price

Reddit has been able to short squeeze meme stocks such as Gamestop which made big hedge funds lose billions

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Short squeeze - what is it?

A short squeeze occurs when a stock or other asset jumps sharply higher, forcing traders who had bet that its price would fall, to buy it in order to forestall even greater losses. Their scramble to buy only adds to the upward pressure on the stock's price.

Reddit has been able to short squeezes big hedge funds with meme stocks

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