Shorting usually means selling without owning, so you are betting that the price of silver will drop. Once the drop has occured, you can buy silver at the now cheaper price and close your negative (since you sold at the beginning) position with a profit.
Shorting usually means selling without owning, so you are betting that the price of silver will drop. Once the drop has occured, you can buy silver at the now cheaper price and close your negative (since you sold at the beginning) position with a profit.
So basically gambling.
Gambling with the possibility of infinite losses. WAY riskier.