Skip to main content
0
Search products
Search
Mugs
Tees
Hoodies
Search products
Search
Chat
Share
Free Shipping
Menu
Mugs
Tees
Hoodies
Back to urbandictionary.com
Pro Customization
Create unique products with your own words and definitions
Preview
Personalize Your Design
Your Word
Your Definition
(FINANCE) hilarious term used for over a century in the trading of stocks, commodities, etc. A way in which someone who controls much of the [outstanding] shares of stock can make a lot of money while ruining those who are betting against the stock. A "short" is traditionally someone with expertise in shorting a stock, i.e., managing to borrow shares and sell them in [anticipation] of a decline in value. Obviously, if there are many people shorting a particular stock at any given time, and if they are wrong about the future, then a steep rise in value if the share price will not only cause them to lose money, it will force panic purchases of stock as the traders attempt to cover their shorts. If the instigator of the squeeze is successful, he will have a corner, and drive the price of the stock [up to] absurd levels. An [unsuccessful] squeeze of shorts in a copper trust triggered the Crisis of 1907. That, in turn, triggered the Aldrich–Vreeland Act (May 1908).
Text fits
Save
Cancel
🤖
Shopping Assistant
Online
Hey! 👋 I'm your shopping assistant. What are you looking for?
Ask about products
AI-generated responses. Verify claims.