Sentences with phrase «only take short positions»

In such cases, investors should ideally only take short positions when the overall trend is down (overall price is making lower highs and lower lows).

Not exact matches

Many futures traders prefer to be long - only traders, which means that they may not entertain the idea of taking a short position.

In this case, buying EEV was the same as taking a bearish position on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (note that «short ETFs» are designed to be used only for quick, short - term trades).

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.

U r absolutely right mate dat d more important positions are not being taken care of, i too am disappointed and frustrated, but we are only 2 - 3 players short to actually compete for title.

When this isn't possible, take a short break (even if it's only a 2 second break) every 20 minutes or so get out of the bad posture, move around or change positions.

It is also possible that only one of the offers is taken, and you are stuck with a long or short position that moves against you.

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 it

Regular readers of my blog might think that I'm a long only value investor, but that's not the case: I do sometimes take small short positions in companies that seem fraudulent, have a poor business model or are simply far too expensive.

He took people and their actions with everyday objects in unusual positions, which they would only be able to hold for a short period of time, and locked them into position using photography.