While Buffett told CNBC he would not
take a short position on bitcoin futures, JPMorgan Chase CEO and chairman Jamie Dimon said he regrets calling bitcoin a «fraud» in September.
The brokerage also said clients will not be able to
take short positions, or bet against bitcoin futures, «due to the extreme volatility of cryptocurrencies.»
While he's long on most of the equity in the fund, he'll
take a short position on sectors or securities that seem overvalued.
Still, it's easy to see how a combination of factors could induce unsavoury market participants to «short and distort» stocks — that is, to
take short positions, then spread misleading information to capitalize on investors» fear and profit from the stock's resulting decline, to the detriment of the issuing company and the broader market's integrity.
Hedge - fund manager Doug Kass has
taken a short position on the fast - growing online retailer, saying government antitrust concerns will erode its value.
Star hedge fund manager Bill Ackman
took a short position last December.
«The SEC alleges that one of the world's largest hedge funds, Paulson & Co., paid Goldman Sachs to structure a transaction in which Paulson & Co. could
take short positions against mortgage securities chosen by Paulson & Co. based on a belief that the securities would experience credit events.»
In such cases, investors should ideally only
take short positions when the overall trend is down (overall price is making lower highs and lower lows).
Many futures traders prefer to be long - only traders, which means that they may not entertain the idea of
taking a short position.
When you expect the price of a Stock to fall, you can choose to
take a short position in a Single Stock CFD.
The funds seek to hedge against the negative impact of currency risk by
taking short positions in currency forward contracts.
An airline is unlikely to
take a short position in crude oil, as declining prices benefit the bottom line.
These four inverse oil ETFs offer a varied approach to
taking short positions in the energy sector.
And brokers will discuss this with you directly before they will authorize your account to
take short positions.
To expand on the comment made by @NateEldredge, you're looking to
take a short position.
These funds typically
take a short position on the U.S. dollar like the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish Fund (UDN), profiting from a fall in the value of the dollar relative to other currencies.
It will
take short positions primarily in domestic equity securities of companies (i) listed on the S&P 500 Total Return ® Index (the «S&P 500») or (ii) that have market capitalization above $ 4 billion at the time the fund takes the short position.
They might be very specific, such as ProShares UltraShort Euro ETF (EUO), which
takes short positions on the Euro.
When selling or
taking a short position, a trader pays the bid price.
Inverse funds
take a short position in an asset class like stocks and profit from bear markets.
The idea is to
take short positions in commodities so you can gain from price declines.
There is nothing to borrow and return when
you take a short position since delivery, if it ever takes place, doesn't become an issue until some time in the future.
This simply means
taking a short position in the hope that the futures price will go down.
Selling to Open allows you to
take a short position in an option.
If the yield curve is expected to become flat, it raises fears of high inflation with the economy slipping into recession; with inflation worries and recession fears subduing each other, investors tend to
take short positions in short - term securities and ETFs and go long on long - term securities.
I don't
take short positions directly.
IGHG and HYHG seek to hedge investment grade bonds and high yield bonds, respectively, against the negative impact of rising rates by
taking short positions in Treasury futures.
Our All - in - One Account allows you to trade stocks, options and exchange - traded debentures on margin, and also
take short positions, all in one account!
(not really, I'm on the tall side, but for the sake of poetic license...) I rarely ever
take a short position.
Many funds try to capitalize on both short term and long term returns — investing in everything from private start - up companies, to
taking short positions in publicly traded companies.
IGHG seeks to hedge investment grade bonds against the negative impact of rising rates by
taking short positions in Treasury futures.
Usually, when speculators see a rise in silver prices, they take a long position, and on the flip - side, will
take a short position when silver prices fall.
They stay away till such time they see signs of recovery or they will even
take short positions.
Theoretically, the broker must have the security in inventory when another customer
takes the short position but in reality, naked short sales without corresponding inventory is now a widespread practice due to competitive business practices.
There are swing trading opportunities in this case too, with the trader taking a long position near the support area and
taking a short position near the resistance area.
Before shorting, I would suggest one carefully re-read all the sections in one's brokerage agreement about shorting, margin requirements, etc, before
taking a short position, and even then considering the use of options to limit one's downside risk.
John already made $ 5,000 when
he took the short position at the start of the contract.
John
takes a short position on ABC stock and then writes a covered put.
HYHG seeks to hedge high yield bonds against the potential negative impact of rising Treasury interest rates by
taking short positions in U.S. Treasury futures.
By
taking a short position in the E-Mini NASDAQ futures market, and offsetting sector - specific exposure, a market participant can protect against short - term downside risk and offset potential declines around specific economic events.
While the other party that agrees to sell the stock futures is said to
take a short position.
Suppose A takes a long position by buying a December gold futures contract in January, and B at the same time
takes a short position by selling the contract.
FPA is especially interesting because they have no mandate on asset class and can even
take short positions.
But he said he would not
take a short position on bitcoin futures.
It's an absolute - return strategy — represented as a way to protect assets in times of turbulence — that
takes short positions in stocks and long positions in bonds!
A USDX that is trending upwards could provide you the additional confirmation you need to
take a short position on the EUR / USD.
He added that he would not
take a short position on bitcoin futures but expressed that over 5 years he believes the market will fall.
One, if the company is a Bitcoin trader who wants to
take a short position in Bitcoin.
«The objective of the bogus email's senders was to spread rumours and panic, in the hope of manipulating the price of bitcoin, after
taking short positions on bitcoin futures and betting that the price of bitcoin will fall, said Leonhard Weese, president of the Hong Kong bitcoin association.
In the days shortly after the first futures contracts expire, it would not be surprising to see the whales who
took short positions use their profits from trading on exchanges and the futures market to buy back Bitcoin at the discounted price that they might have caused the market to drop down to.