«So if you've got a lot
of short positions at an all - time low level and something snaps, the velocity of recovery could be quite something to watch,» he said.
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.
Not exact matches
Amazon's focus on strengthening its strategic
position,
at the expense
of short - term profits, is well - documented.
Stiglitz told us that this decades - old debate about how to balance the creation
of short - term and long - term value is recently gaining new life in the US because
of the venomous class class tensions and ugly politics arising out
of income inequality, and because people in
positions of power are looking
at the big picture and realizing that something has to change.
Apparently there's still a large contingency
of VIX bears who are now looking to rebuild
short positions at more attractive prices.
The net
position — contracts to buy a foreign currency
at a future date minus contracts to sell the same currency — is often watched by market analysts, who interpret its movements as a proxy for speculators» changing views
of the
short - term direction
of exchange rates.
Commercial traders are building a larger long
position as speculators press the
short side
of the market
at its lows.
By 10:43:56 AM, the «clean» trader ID had sold 5,427 shares, realizing a profit
of four cents per share on the previously established 1,807 - share long
position and establishing a
short position of 3,620 shares
at $ 75.29.
At the end
of February
of this year, they held their first net
short position in 14 years -LRB-!)
Accordingly, the Strategic Growth Fund is now back to a fully - hedged investment stance - meaning that the Fund continues to be fully invested in a broadly diversified group
of stocks that appear to have some combination
of favorable valuation and favorable market action, while
at the same time, the Fund carries an offsetting
short position of equal size in the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 indices (using option combinations that mimic
short futures contracts) intended to mute the impact
of broad market fluctuations on the Fund.
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.
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 underwriters and their respective affiliates may also communicate independent investment recommendations, market color or trading ideas and / or publish or express independent research views in respect
of such assets, securities or instruments and may
at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they should acquire, long and / or
short positions in such assets, securities and instruments.
In addition to exiting all long
positions at the ideal time, our market timing model prompted us to take on a bit
of short exposure as well.
As an aside, the biggest ever speculative net
short position in silver futures (
of more than 10,000 contracts) was recorded in late July 1997 — with silver trading
at $ 4.43, then the low
of the year.
Short - term traders should still stay away from opening new
positions as the test
of the $ 18 level might still be ahead in the coming days, with further support
at $ 16 and $ 14.50, while strong resistance is ahead near $ 23 and $ 25.
Also, the total concentrated
short position of the 8 largest traders in COMEX gold, while large
at 16.4 million ounces, is equal to 60 days production in gold, compared to 163 days in silver.
Rather, my impression is that the problems
at JPM may be the result
of using highly leveraged, illiquid derivative transactions as a «cross-hedge,» intended to reduce the risk
of default in a whole portfolio
of complex
positions including (but not limited to) European mortgage debt, but with the long and
short portions
of the
position behaving unexpectedly in relation to each other.
Meanwhile, examining the sectors in which institutions hold their largest «overweight» relative to the S&P 500, institutions are more concentrated in high - beta sectors than
at any time since the start
of Morgan Stanley's data, and long -
short funds are also near their most leveraged long
positions in history.
I upped my
short position on Friday, after reading 3D systems earnings report and seeing the fall on Monday
at a much larger volume
of transactions followed by a rise that was sustained by fewer transactions.
I purchased the options to take advantage
of the
short - sale restrictions that had been in place, and these options should have been replaced by
short stock
positions at a good opportunity.
He said
at the end
of that snippet from 2012 that they were going to unwind their
short volatility
position.
I'm currently not involved in this market as the chart structure is terrible as the 10 day low stands
at 62.01 as the monetary risk is too high, however, I am certainly not recommending any type
of short position as this trend is strong as the fundamental and technical picture remains bullish.
The rise in US yields is thought to be the primary driver behind the USD resurgence, but unwinding
of USD
short positions, given that CFTC market
positioning was
at seven years highs, also goes a long way to explain the dynamic shift in USD sentiment.
It implies that
short sellers are being squeezed out
of their
short positions, usually
at a loss, and is generally triggered by a positive development that suggests the stock may be embarking on a turnaround.
At first glance it might seem appealing to argue that the mystery
of God outstrips our capacity to delineate it, that every theology in its own way must fall so
short of the truth that no
position can, however seriously maintained, be markedly any more or less true than any other.
Mailata ran the 40 - yard dash in 5.12 seconds — which would have been the seventh best
at that
position at the NFL Combine — and ran a
short shuttle time
of 4.67 seconds — which would have put him in the top - 10.
Bale is awesome ruining with the ball but Aaron is the conductor
of the welsh team without him they fall
short on making real chances, we
at arsenal not so dependent on the Creative player because we have a few like him infarct these days Aaron is some way back in the pecking order for that
position.
Wenger's
short term solution appears to be trying to move players from other
positions to fill the gaps, but today it has been revealed that our old left - back Bacary Sagna was released by Manchester City
at the end
of last season and is currently priced
at 3/1 to head back to make a sensational return the Emirates.
Anything
short of victory
at Selhurst Park is not acceptable for the gunners mindbearing that this game will / might leave Arsenal firmly on the 3rd
position after all rival teams have played.
The honest truth — Wenger will only be truly judged
at the end
of the season but his decision to not spend money now means anything
short of second place is going to get him dragged out
of his
position as manager.
Heck, I wonder if Chet Lemon becomes a Hall
of Fame candidate if he sticks
at short, and I have a sneaking suspicion that Mike Schmidt could have handed the
position, too.
A poor Conversion Ratio
of goals scored from shots taken puts us
at a lowly 5th
position in the League and gives us a clue to what is our main weakness and why we came up
short in the title race.
Look
at the period Giroud was injured, there is no another recognised top quality centerforwad in the team to mann that
position as Welbeck is
short of top quality centerforwad striking to adequately make his presence felt there.
HUMVN, Machine?He made a funny comment in one
of the justarsenal stories earlier.He said Arsenal don't need a new CB.Can someone slap me.I was even shocked
at the thumbs up he got.I feel so sorry for Arsenal and fans as well.We are really suffering.Till today how people rate Mertesacker is beyond me.The guy is not even a leader by example.I wonder why Hayden was sold as I think he could have surely done better and if Isaac Hayden solves his injury problems we gonna regret selling him.Even aliens know arsenal needs a CB.Aren't you guys tired
of always starting the season
short of players in
positions where needed.It's like some
of you want failure but you don't know you want.Arsenal should complete the squad this season.It's a must.
Will the lure
of gaining track
position entice teams to employ unconventional strategy like the Toyota teams used in the Daytona 500 where the drivers for Joe Gibbs Racing and Furniture Row Racing all
short - pitted in hopes
of gaining an advantage
at the end?
Time will tell but again, football is full
of right wingers (a
position Arsenal was never
short) so I am not concerned
at all.
Plus Per is retiring anyway so number wise we are very
short and we saw what happened
at the beginning
of the season with a make shift defence
of players being played out
of position
«From my point
of view, it is very promising because we were
short at the back, especially in the centre
position.
Mathieu Debuchy is likely to leave the club also, leaving us
short of numbers
at both full - back
positions, unless you consider Calum Chambers as a worthy option to play back - up to both Monreal and Bellerin.
(1) this squad has way too many moving parts and very few
of our players are good enough
at their preferred
position let alone relying on them in whatever
position Wenger and his magic eight ball decide in the tunnel prior to the game... when teams do this it generally signals issues within the club, much like Jose last year and Van Gael before him... no one gets settled, the chemistry is almost non-existent and if provides a built - in excuse when the team comes up
short... these issues fall squarely on Wenger, both for his decisions regarding players coming in and for his inability to rid the team
of those players who aren't cutting it... in actually fact we have only 6 real starters on this current squad and that's being generous (Sanchez, Ozil, Lacazette, Sead, Kos & Cazorla)... which is discouraging because Cazorla is injured and might never play again, Sanchez is wanting out and the club is lying to us about his injury status, Lacazette receives no service, Ozil is relatively disinterested out there, Kos is getting up there and Sead is just trying to settle in... there isn't a single other player that would start regularly on any
of the other top 3 teams, which should be the standard... imagine this team moving forward if Wenger only sells before the window closes
The
short of it is that he was one
of the best hitters
at his
position for 13 years, and it's a
position that is usually devoid
of sluggers.
We are now
short of defensive cover, we have what seems a learner
at the striking
position and no DM.
To be honest I didn't expect Gabriel Paulista to be the first out the door as we seem to be
short of defenders
at the moment, but with Arsene Wenger having experimented with the Brazilian in various
positions he has now decided to cash in by sending him back to La Liga.
Forget the injured players that's part
of the game, talk about the issues we had
at the beginning we were
short in numbers on important
positions I knew that, you knew that, Gunners fans knew that, pundits knew that, the board knew that and Wenger knew that.
Per Mertesacker will also be retiring
at the end
of the season, leaving Wenger
short of depth in terms
of quality options in that
position.
Now sitting in 10th
position in the league after an emphatic win
at the DW Stadium on Tuesday, quite how Martin O'Neill has transformed a club in such a
short space
of time is anyone's guess.
Daniel Sturridge proved
at the back end
of last season that he is more than useful as a lone striker, and with Suarez, Coutinho and Eriksen easily versatile across those three
positions just behind him, the England international would never be
short on service but the relationship between all four attackers would be symbiotic and Eriksen's goal tally would most likely stay intact if he signed.
The Gunners have been in this
position before and Bettingpro.com noted that they were actually
shorter than their current odds
of 11/2 after 10 games last season and that Arsenal were just 7/4 favourites
at this stage in the 2015 - 16 season before finishing second to Leicester City.
The posterior
position at birth also is associated with a higher risk
of short - term complications for the baby, such as lower five - minute Apgar scores, an greater likelihood
of needing to be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, and a longer hospital stay.