A ban on short selling also remained.

禁止卖空的规定也依然存在。

So they bet against the stock. It's called short selling.

因此他们开始做空股票。这也称做卖空。

There could be some paring back of short selling, but really we don't really know where this is headed.

卖空交易可能会有所减少，但我们真的不知道这将走向何方。

Short selling serves a really important public purpose.

卖空服务有一个非常重要的公共目的。

There are some countries that don’t allow short selling.

有些国家不允许卖空。

Thirty billion dollars in short selling took place within half an hour during what are known as " stop-loss" selloffs. Traders executed sell orders when gold prices reached targets set by investors.

在所谓的止损抛售中，半小时内就卖空了300亿美元，当金价抵达投资者所设定的目标时，交易者就发出卖出指令。