Because overall, things fall faster than they rise... and in many cases (less liquid stocks), a good sale price is harder to achieve than a good buy price.
it depends what share size you use and if we are talking same share size in both scenarios Short @ 150 w 1000 shares = 150k profit Long @ 1.50 with 10,000 shares = 550k profit
mostly the account balances of shorts fall the fastest You are posting too soon after your last post. Try again in a few minutes. No one with an IQ > 78 can post fast here You are posting too soon after your last post. Try again in a few minutes. You are posting too soon after your last post. Try again in a few minutes.
Here's another way to look at it: think of the trade as currency between LVS and USD. Then an exchange rate of 1.5 LVSUSD is means an exchange rate of 1/1.5 USDLVS which is .6667. So if you break down the trades: 1) Long USDLVS at 1/55 =.018182 Cover USDLVS at 1/1.5 =.666667 =648480 pips 2) Long LVSUSD at 1.5000 cover LVSUSD at 150.0000 =1495000 pips Okay, you still have to convert into bang for buck, but you see my point, a short can be converted into a long.
Whoops: 1) Long USDLVS at 1/150 =.006667 Cover USDLVS at 1/1.5 =.6666667 =660000 pips 2) Long LVSUSD at 1.5000 cover LVSUSD at 55.0000 =535000 pips The short is better if you are trading currency.