Sentences with phrase «loss in a short position»

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Some 17 percent of its shares are held in short positions, according to the most recent data from Thomson Reuters StarMine, and the rally was likely buoyed by short - sellers rushing to limit their losses.

That rules out large short positions too, but allows moderate short positions - consistent with the expected market loss but appropriate to the risk - in our most aggressive client accounts.

If one is long a broadly diversified portfolio of stocks and hedged with a short position in the major indices, the result is a net portfolio loss — and that can feel excruciating if the major indices are advancing at the same time.

The benefit and cost of hedging with a «flat» short position in a given market index is straightforward: if the market declines, the short position offsets the impact of the market loss on the portfolio; if the market gains, the short position surrenders the impact of the market gain.

Portfolio insurance products were algorithm - based products created to protect investors from falling markets by selling «ever - increasing numbers of futures contracts,» the New York Times explained in 2012, because «the short position in futures contracts would then offset the losses caused by falls in the stocks they owned.»

Too be sure, whenever the COT report shows an extreme level in the bullion bank short position in gold and futures, offset by an extreme long position held by the hedge funds, the criminal banks implement a «COT stop - loss hedge fund long liquidation» algorithm which sets off the stop - losses set by the hedge funds and causes the now - familiar «waterfall» chart patterns that result from heavy bank manipulation of Comex trading.

Although the turnaround in the stock's fortunes may only prove to be temporary, few short sellers can afford to risk runaway losses on their short positions and may prefer to close them out even if it means taking a substantial loss.

Even a short spell on the treatment table could result in a player losing his place in the side in the long term, as could loss of form or the acquisition of a new player in the same position.

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In a losing trade, the trader starts thinking «add more to a losing position» instead of «I need to cut my loss short».

As I have mentioned previously I simply run a nightly scan of Long and Short stock candidates hitting 52 week highs / lows and keep note of these stocks and over the course of the coming days and weeks I look for which stocks keep hitting the parameters of my scans before taking a closer look at the chart, once I see there is a clean smooth trend be it going up or down I then calculate from that afternoons closing price and where the stop loss would need to be positioned on the first day the trade is placed in line with my risk management and then simply wait for the open the following day to open the trade then my system does the rest.

The margin money you put up to fund a short position ($ 6000 in the example given) is simply a «good faith» deposit that is required by the broker in order to show that you are acting in good faith and fully intend to meet any potential losses that may occur.

Additionally, one of the possible results of a financial crisis is a «flight to safety»; the global financial markets still seem to think the US dollar is pretty safe, and they may bid it up as they have done in the past, resulting in losses to your position (at least in the short term).

In general, open futures positions will be marked to market, with their gains and losses reportable as 60 % long - term and 40 % short - term.

In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following it

Short positions lose value as security prices increase, which may potentially expose the ETF to unlimited losses resulting in a total loss of investment.

Shares of stock offset a short position in the same stock, so the purchase, which occurs on the trade date, can trigger built - in gain even though loss won't be reported until the short position is actually closed, on the settlement date.

Among the main risks affecting the funds, ProShares warns of inherent volatility associated with futures markets as well as the risk of holding speculative short positions in the portfolios, which could expose the investor to losses.

stop orders are generally used to protect a profit or to prevent further loss if the price of a security moves against you; they can also be used to establish a position in a security if it reaches a certain price threshold or to close a short position; not all securities or trading sessions (pre - and post-market) are eligible for stop orders

This is to attempt to partially protect IB and its customers from those accounts that have very risky positions that currently satisfy exchange margin requirements, but nonetheless could suffer excessive losses in the event of a significant market move (for example, accounts with high exposure to short option positions).

In the financial world, it is used to describe situations where short sellers purchase stock to cover losses or when investors sell long positions to take capital gains off the table.

When trading in a downtrend on a short position, the approach is to set a stop loss just above the swing high since this could represent a potential resistance level.

The benefit and cost of hedging with a «flat» short position in a given market index is straightforward: if the market declines, the short position offsets the impact of the market loss on the portfolio; if the market gains, the short position surrenders the impact of the market gain.

Short selling as part of your day - trading strategy also may lead to extraordinary losses, because you may have to purchase a stock at a very high price in order to cover a short posiShort selling as part of your day - trading strategy also may lead to extraordinary losses, because you may have to purchase a stock at a very high price in order to cover a short posishort position.

(IB lists my realized loss for November as $ 6,371.00, due to a difference in calculating the base of my TLT short position, a difference of $ 1,854.78.

The fund's manager and sub-advisors use short positions in an attempt to either protect against losses or provide an additional source of returns versus long - only strategies.

Thanks to the simultaneous opening of an identical (in terms of dollar value) Long and Short position, the risk of loss due to a sudden sway in the market is fully eliminated.

Hopefully 3rd times a charm, but I have no plans to overstay with my short position and a stop loss at $ 300 is in place.

If a security sold short increases in price, the Fund may have to cover its short position at a higher price than the short sale price, resulting in a loss.

Consider that when buying stock (a.k.a. going long or taking a long position, in contrast to short) then your potential loss as a buyer is limited (i.e. stock goes to zero) and your potential gain unlimited (stock keeps going up, if you're lucky!)

Does the superficial loss work (almost in reverse) if one shorts a stock, then buys it later at a higher price to bring one's position to zero, and THEN buys it long, sells it at a profit all within 30 days but without realising an overall profit?

In the boom years, Phil's income goes up due to an increased number of sales, while his short position will result in a losIn the boom years, Phil's income goes up due to an increased number of sales, while his short position will result in a losin a loss.

Short selling as part of your day trading strategy also may lead to extraordinary losses, because you may have to purchase a stock at a very high price in order to cover a short posiShort selling as part of your day trading strategy also may lead to extraordinary losses, because you may have to purchase a stock at a very high price in order to cover a short posishort position.

However, since the borrowed securities must be replaced by purchases at market prices in order to close out the short position, any appreciation in the price of the borrowed securities would result in a loss.

That means value investing has had to get more sophisticated — and, one might argue, riskier — by taking more short positions, as Einhorn does, which can bankrupt someone who shorted a stock at $ 20 and has to cover that short at $ 100; by piling on more debt; or by investing in situations where a total loss is possible.

Any loss on short positions may or may not be offset by investing short - sale proceeds in other investments.

Whole - life guidelines are in position until your loss of life unless you money them in or fall short to fulfill the prices.

Note that any losses on the Bitcoin position is offset by the short position in the Jan Bitcoin Futures contract.

A short squeeze occurs when a heavily shorted stock or commodity rises in price, forcing short contract holders to «squeeze» out of their short positions at a loss and driving prices further up with the increased pressure.

The long and short of it In short, a tax - loss harvest occurs when we sell poorly performing positions in taxable accounts and use the losses to offset taxes on any capital gainIn short, a tax - loss harvest occurs when we sell poorly performing positions in taxable accounts and use the losses to offset taxes on any capital gainin taxable accounts and use the losses to offset taxes on any capital gains.

· And according to Precarious: Temporary Agency Work in British Columbia, the rate of growth of short - term positions is significantly outstripping that of permanent ones: http://www.macleans.ca/economy/realestateeconomy/the-vacant-truth-about-rental-condos/ According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., the federal agency that insures lenders against mortgage losses while simultaneously serving as one of the main sources of real estate data in the country, the vacancy rate for condo rentals is just 1.3 per cent — about as close to zero as you can get.

A Florida short sale allows both you and the lender to be ultimately in a better position because the lender, too, will prefer to recoup only part of the mortgage amount than to absorb a total loss from a foreclosure.

In the short sale, the investor or lender of the mortgage agrees to sell the property for less than the balance of the mortgage, i.e. they are taking loss and accepting a «short» position of the mortgage.