A «significant shift» in net
long positions in three - month gold futures may affect prices at the margin in the short term, but tells us little about real investment demand.
Yes, it is true that brokers charge margin interest for short selling, just as they would for holding
long positions on margin.
The calculation could be right, but there are still reasons to be concerned by the sheer concentration
of long positions.
Typical initial position sizes
for long positions range from 5 % to 15 % of the portfolio.
This leaves the dealer with a
net long position of 2,000 ounces bought at $ 1,200 / oz spot.
Long / Short Equity - An investing strategy of
taking long positions in stocks that are expected to appreciate and short positions in stocks that are expected to decline.
This lack of trading activity makes it difficult to
exit long positions in stocks that have limited float.
So obviously if you set it at 100 % you pay no interest on holding
open long positions overnight.
Avoid
long positions when an underlying index violates key support, even when the tape is improving.
As such, our market timing system remains in «Buy» mode and we continue to establish
new long positions in leading stocks and ETFs.
Conversely, during a period of consolidation along the upper band, traders may
close long positions and realize profits.
If it does, there will be plenty of time to profit from new
long positions if the broad market starts a new leg up.
I'm in no position to count on it for my retirement, as most 401k plans allow
long positions only.
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.
As such, we're still building on
existing long positions, but much more cautiously (smaller share size, tighter stops, etc.).
Can investors exploit the combination of unusual changes in hedge
fund long positions and unusual changes in short interest for individual stocks?
If you have a
large long position and the price starts to fall, it is easy to justify purchases, because your internal model indicates that it is cheap.
The chart tells us that the net
speculative long position in oil futures made an all - time high two weeks ago and remains close to its high.
It is not that the fingerprint reader has moved or is positioned differently but instead it is
no longer positioned underneath the glass panel.
For example, entering 4 to 5 new
long positions while the major averages are still below their 20 - period exponential moving averages on the hourly chart is dangerous.
They scalp profits by flipping their newly acquired
long positions back to the ETF at higher prices and closing their short position at lower prices.
These portfolios take equally
weighted long positions in the top third of derivatives contracts ranked by our signals and equally weighted short positions in the bottom third of contracts.
In «sell» mode, I avoid establishing new
long positions because all major indices are trading well below support of their respective 50 - day moving averages.
Let's say you have
several long positions in your portfolio and expect the market to continue to be strong and generate positive returns for you.
The fund also seeks capital appreciation
through long positions on equity securities which the fund's adviser believes are undervalued.
The buyer of a contract is said to be
long position holder, and the selling party is said to be short position holder.
Many of the strategy managers we use are mentioning that those might be
good long positions, a good sector and area to buy securities.
In energy, hedge funds reduced some of their
crowded long position in crude oil and «modestly» covered their short position in natural gas.
The timing of the trades and execution of the trades is no different than when you take a plain
vanilla long position.
This is when you are
currently long a position, and you write a call option on that asset in an attempt to generate income from the asset.
Long -
A long position refers to when a party has invested in an asset with the expectation that the asset's price will rise.
Most traders believe the first month of the year price storms are coming to an end, and lots of them are
placing long positions.
However, before
initiating long positions, the traders should watch for an hour or two to confirm that the breakout is sustaining.
The number
of long positions is equal to the number of short positions in all test portfolios, with positions equally weighted.