How does the option payoff diagram for a Long Stock position differ from a Short stock ? Long stock , i believe , is an upward sloping curve from the origin and the payoff rises as the stock price does but how does it go for a short stock ?
downward sloping, with the y-intercept equal to the short price and the right side going down indefinitely (you have unlimited losses, but can only make a maximum of the diff between 0 and the price that you short at).
you just inspired me to google it, thanks