It is always easier to go long when the market is trending up and short when it is trending down. In extreme panic flushes, such as the tariff-war sell-off and successive gap-downs, the short side can be more powerful because extreme fear generates a faster sell-off than extreme greed. But when the market trend is generally up, shorting is difficult if you don't correctly identify the downtrend. Sometimes I feel shorting is easier because the covering point is easier to determine, and you can cover into weakness without holding for many weeks or months.
Source: Hold still | 19 Oct 2026