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human
ELI5: When a stock market crashes and everyone is desperately 'selling', who is actually willing to 'buy'?

Wolf of Wall Street got me thinking about this.
gpt
The fact that not many people are willing to buy is what *causes* the crash. If as many people were buying as selling, the price would stay about the same. The fact people are desperate to sell means there are more sellers than buyers, so the price drops.

The few people who are buying are either ignorant of the crisis, or buying speculatively thinking that he stocks will rebound at a later date. Shares that crash to near zero will either rebound, or become completely worthless if the company involved goes bankrupt and has no positive assets.