### Comment:
Being long a put means that you have the right but not the obligation to sell 100 shares to someone for a specific price by a specific date. 
  
 Being short a put is the opposite of that. So what it means is that you are giving someone else the right to sell to you. If they decide to exercise that right, then you are forced to buy 100 shares at the strike price from them.

### REPLY:
Is the maximum earning potential for any short call or short put just the premium?

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