Not exact matches
Likewise, some
traders hold on to losing
positions for an extended time
in hopes the stock will recover.
Shortly after Dimon spoke, lawyers for JPMorgan filed papers
in Manhattan federal court seeking to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the bank of deceiving shareholders about Bruno Iksil — the JPMorgan
trader nicknamed the London Whale for the size of his
positions — and the loss that ultimately topped $ 6.2 billion.
If a stock is trading along the lower band,
traders may be inclined to open a long
position if the stock then starts appreciating
in value.
When you know the
trader has to ditch their item, you're
in a stronger
position to negotiate and trade them a slightly less valuable item.
With its
traders and tankers, Shell figures, it would be well
positioned to sell that hydrogen wherever
in the world the need was greatest — and the price was highest.
Emails from Iksil to superiors that were later made public
in conjunction with the Senate report show he tried to exit the
positions he had taken once he realized he was being squeezed by
traders taking the opposing
positions in the small, illiquid market.
The
trader, Bruno Iksil, who worked
in JPMorgan's chief investment office
in London and incurred losses on oversized
positions in a derivatives market, is cooperating with government investigators, the source said.
In short, anything that smells of risk of any sort is being shunned, with much of the only support coming from
traders desperately trying to keep prices away from levels where big options
positions will be triggered.
«When the price of bitcoin drops, there is a pattern of
traders that move to take different
positions, either
in another cryptocurrency or
in fiat,» he told CNBC.
The rise
in holdings, along with recent data from U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), show an increase
in long
positions for managed money and a decrease
in short holders, MKS PAMP Group
trader Alex Thorndike said.
«High frequency
traders were first, but the new and more threatening class of entrant deploys capital and takes
positions to support market making,» the two firms said
in a joint report.
Treasury yields rise on Tuesday as
traders position themselves ahead of the conclusion of a two - day Federal Reserve meeting commencing Tuesday, that is expected to reveal an upbeat outlook for the economy and culminate
in the sixth interest - rate increase since December 2015.
By bunching large buy orders
in the last few minutes of trade, it also leaves
traders who had shorted stocks earlier with no choice but to buy them back and cover their
positions.
By not selling the
position and locking
in a loss, a
trader does not have to deal with regret.
At such times,
traders and investors who focus on doomsday headlines from mainstream financial media sites are more than likely to be shaken out of their long
positions... especially those who lack conviction
in their trading system.
In hindsight, it's easy to say that momentum
traders should have been taking profits on long
positions (before yesterday's decline) because the market is «overbought.»
On the other hand, a
position trader who rides the profit
in uptrending stocks for many months can trade
in much thinner stocks because they can scale out of
positions over the course of several days or weeks.
In other words,
traders may have been liquidating their
positions to cover 2017 tax liabilities.
«For the most sophisticated investors and
traders, inverse ETFs, put options or shorting individual stocks could be an appropriate strategy, while for the more conservative investor,
positions in the defensive sectors could be a good choice, allowing overall exposure to equities while striving to limit potential downside risk,» he says.
If you're like most stock
traders, you have a personal preference towards trading
in a particular time frame, such as daytrading, swing trading, or
position trading (click here for a clear comparison of these styles).
Our primary goal is to use this study
in order to aid options
traders in positioning
What would change our short - term
position is a sustained rally above 25,000
in the Dow and 2735
in the S&P, with further healing
in Europe, Asia, and risk - on currencies, and today's session could provide valuable answers for
traders.
In bull markets, when a market makes a new high consistently, every day a large heard of bearish
traders are getting stopped out of short
positions and liquidating, which fuels yet more buying.
The information provided
in these charts allows the
trader to understand the movements of the open
positions as well as the final outcome of any of the traded assets on the platform.
This, of course, puts
traders in a very tough
position of having to have a high winning percentage of their trades to succeed long - term.
Oil fund managers are not betting on $ 20 a barrel oil this week because they increased their net - long
position by 16,855 contracts to 132,857 futures and options
in the week ending Sept. 8, according to the CFTC commitment of
traders report.
Indeed, what they describe is exactly how a large
trader could and would «bang the auction» to influence the settlement price of VIX derivatives,
in order to profit on
positions in those derivatives.
In author and seasoned commodity
trader Carley Garner's quest to guide
traders through the process of commodity market analysis, strategy development, and risk management, «Higher Probability Commodity Trading» discusses several alternative market concepts and unconventional views such as option selling tactics, hedging futures
positions with options, and combining the practice of fundamental, technical, seasonal, and sentiment analysis to gauge market price changes.
That said, as we noted
in recent days, currently we are after a major dip, so
traders are not
in a good
position to enter new
positions, with the declining trend being intact, but a strong bounce clearly being
in the cards.
The long - term setups are unchanged
in both the BTC and the USD pairs, and we still advise short - term
traders to wait for a move before taking on new
positions, while long - term investor could still accumulate XRP inside the consolidation patterns.
Priced
in the low range,
traders can even afford to take larger
positions, leveraging the volatility for bigger gains / losses.
The catch is that
traders can also lose money twice as fast, and they can lose more money than the futures
position is worth
in the first place.
COTs Timer is a financial blog focused on interpreting the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's («CFTC») weekly Commitments of
Traders («COT») report, which provides trillions of dollars
in positions in more than 200 markets, including gold, crude oil, natural gas, silver, forex, and equity indices.
The price will often move 4 % or more from day to day, and it's priced
in the low range so day
traders can capitalize on the volatility with large
positions.
We reviewed the charts of MRK
in early March noting that, «Aggressive
traders could approach MRK from the long side buying a starter
position at current levels and then adding on strength above $ 57.
In the ETX Capital platform, binary options
traders are encouraged to either predict Put or Call values notwithstanding their
position or time.
The coin is
in a weak short - term advance, and
traders should wait for the signs of relative strength and a break above primary resistance before entering new
positions.
I agree with the author
in the perspective of a
trader and not a HODLR, best to sit this one out and see how the market reacts before entering into any new
positions.
These services typically work
in the same fashion, alerting
traders to what are perceived to be excellent trades, even going so far are to provide the specific selections that should be made along with each
position.
Prior to founding T2 Asset Management, Dan held various
positions at some of the largest investment firms
in the country as a
trader, portfolio manager, and strategist.
The coin is still
in neutral territory both short - and long - term, and
traders should wait with new
positions until a new short - term trend is established.
Sixty - second options are suitable for
traders who are
in a
position to accept the fact that if you need to gain a lot of money, you have to be ready to lose a lot once
in a while.
It's not unusual to see drops
in gold prices towards the end of the year as
traders unwind
positions to get their financial statements
in order to make end of the year reports.
Where most
traders mess up
in position sizing is
in fitting their stop loss to their desired
position size instead of fitting their
position size to their desired stop loss.
Ethereum Classic continues to be the weakest major short - term, trading
in a steep downtrend after falling below the long - term base formation near $ 13.50 The coin might remain stuck
in the long - term downtrend so
traders and investors should wait for some strength before entering new
positions, despite the attractive price levels.
Today,
traders can sell select
positions back to their broker
in exchange for either a profit or as a way to minimize a loss.
This was such an unusual and unexpected development that we felt we had to mention it
in these pages (note: as of last week the speculative
position has returned to net long 6,186 contracts, which is still very subdued exposure for this group of
traders).
We maintain the positive long - term view on the recovery, but the short - term outlook is still not clear and
traders should wait for further signs of strength to open new
positions in most of the altcoins.
This helps the
trader in choosing which risks to take from a
position of knowledge.
While we expect the recent leader to regain its strength
in the coming weeks, for now, short - term
traders shouldn't enter new
positions.