When the shorter - term moving average crosses below the longer - term moving average, this signals to get
out of the long position; this is called a death cross.
The
number of long positions is equal to the number of short positions in all test portfolios, with positions equally weighted.
Setting your stop for the low of the day of the gap can increase your
odds of a long position catching an up trend.
The premium collected from the short sale can help cover the
cost of the long position, making the pairs trade inexpensive to put on.
If you are simply taking out a small insurance policy against a large
allocation of long positions, then you are minimizing the net damage that would occur if the market turns higher.
Both the current and the new index consist
of long positions in TIPS and short positions in Treasurys, and are measures of the 30 - year breakeven rate of inflation or BEI.
Bitcoin Gold to be distributed = -LRB-(Amount of Bitcoin owned) + (
Amount of long position held)--(Amount of short position held)--(Amount of Bitcoin to be borrowed)-RRB-
Russian assets will likely now be plagued by higher risk premiums after a period
of long positioning on Russian risk, according to Tim Ash, senior portfolio strategist at Bluebay Asset Management.
«This has resulted however in a very high volume
of long positions with a high average entry price above $ 730.»
The index
consists of a long position in investment grade corporate bonds and a duration - matched short position in U.S. Treasury bonds.
Russian assets will likely now be plagued by higher risk premiums after a
period of long positioning on Russian risk, according to strategists.
On the morning of April 4, our timing model gave us the signal to exit
most of our long positions, lowering our exposure to just 38 % of capital in the model account.
Although stop - limit orders do not offer investors a perfect solution, they do reduce the
risk of a long position selling at a price that is significantly below a stop - market order.
In total, funds hold 1.520 billion
barrels of long positions across Brent, NYMEX and ICE WTI, U.S. gasoline, U.S. heating oil and European gasoil.
As broad market conditions have been eroding over the past month, subscribers of The Wagner Daily newsletter who have been following the signals of our market timing system should be quite happy now because they would have been out
of all long positions of individual stocks just a few days before last Friday's (October 19) big decline, thereby avoiding substantial losses and the pain that is now being felt by traditional «buy and hold» investors right now.
Since generating the «sell» signal on April 4, 2012 that got us out
of our long positions near the top, right before stocks entered into a correction, we have subsequently been positioned in a combination of cash and short positions or inverse ETFs.
He noted the company's investment portfolio was 105 percent long [$ 105
of long positions for every $ 100 of capital] and 75 percent short [$ 75 of short positions for every $ 100 of capital] at the end of April.
The Citi 30 - Year TIPS (Treasury Rate - Hedged) Index tracks the
performance of long positions in the most recently issued 30 - year Treasury Inflation - Protected Securities (TIPS) and duration - adjusted short positions in U.S. Treasury bonds of, in aggregate, approximate equivalent duration to the TIPS.
The short position in U.S. Treasury securities attempts to hedge the duration and yield curve
exposure of the long position in the investment grade bonds in the Index.
As
owner of a long position, you will generally make a profit if the market price of the underlying asset rises whilst your CFD long position is open.
They facilitate the
funding of long positions, the borrowing of assets to cover shorts, collateral re-usage, efficient portfolio management and safe (collateralized) cash investment.
Sukrit Vijayakar energy consultancy Trifecta said the rising options to sell were a result of huge
amounts of long positions that have been built up over the past months of rising prices.
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse 30 - Year Inflation Breakeven Index tracks the
returns of a long position in 30 - year TIPS and a short position in Treasury bonds.3, 4
Picton Mahoney Income Opportunities Fund: This is a relatively conservative hedge fund that uses short positions to partially offset the interest - rate
risk of its long positions.
Summarizing the above, our market timing model is working perfectly this week because it enabled our subscribers to take a shot with long positions when the market was bouncing, but then prompted us to immediately lighten long exposure when receiving the proper sell signals, before finally exiting 100 % out
of our long positions on today's open (just before the big intraday sell - off that is presently taking place).
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.
All of our long positions stayed in consolidation mode yesterday and they all seem likely to find new higher ground.
For bullion dealers, hedging means that the dealer has to offset
all of their long positions with short positions, and vice versa.
For now, the only thing we can infer is that a handful of natural shorts (miners and whales) likely just hedged
some of their long positions to lock in January cash flows.
Hence, when the market falls later, it jerks these buyers out
of their long positions.
You should check with your brokerage firm to learn whether automatic exercise applies to
any of your long positions.
If the investor should consider selling short a Technology Sector ETF, the dollar amount
of the long position can be balanced with the short position in an effort to minimize the Technology Sector exposure inherent in the S&P 500 Index.
DIVA's underlying index consists
of long positions in 100 stocks with stable or growing dividends and short positions in up to 200 issues (up to 50 % of the value of its long positions) with unstable or low dividends.
For now, the only thing we can infer is that a handful of natural shorts (miners and whales) likely just hedged
some of their long positions to lock in January cash flows.
Bitcoin Gold to be distributed = -LRB-(Amount of Bitcoin you own) + (Amount
of long position you hold)--(Amount of short position you hold)--(Amount of Bitcoin you're borrowing)-RRB-