In the stock market,for someone to make money, does that mean someone has to lose money?

Question

When I am buy stock at a lower price point than it was trading a 1 day or week, month or year later, does it mean that somebody during that same time frame is losing the difference?

In: Economics

Answer 1

If you buy a share at 5$.

Then the price on the market of the share goes up to 6$ and you decide to sell it.

You made 1$ and the person buying hasn’t lost money.

However, he would lose if the price goes down and he decides to take the loss.

But this proves that you can make money in the market without someone losing.