Sentences with phrase «to take short positions»

Other funds take short positions in investments they expect to fall in price.

But he said he would not take a short position on bitcoin futures.

He added that he would not take a short position on bitcoin futures but expressed that over 5 years he believes the market will fall.

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

They stay away till such time they see signs of recovery or they will even take short positions.

This simply means taking a short position in the hope that the futures price will go down.

(not really, I'm on the tall side, but for the sake of poetic license...) I rarely ever take a short position.

If the price moves above the resistance level, a breakout trader takes a long position and when the price goes below the support level, the trader takes a short position.

There are swing trading opportunities in this case too, with the trader taking a long position near the support area and taking a short position near the resistance area.

I'm seriously considering taking a short position next week.

The potential that the cryptocurrency may fall could lead to massive numbers of investors taking short positions.

There are instances where a major chunk of the market has «ridiculously» taken short positions in certain stocks.

IGHG and HYHG seek to hedge investment grade bonds and high yield bonds, respectively, against the negative impact of rising rates by taking short positions in Treasury futures.

But I like that CDM takes short positions for me.

Inverse funds take a short position in an asset class like stocks and profit from bear markets.

It is possible that the whales took a short position in their contracts, meaning they believe the price of the Bitcoin futures contract will be below the contracts purchase price at the date of expiration.

Star hedge fund manager Bill Ackman took a short position last December.

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).

«The SEC alleges that one of the world's largest hedge funds, Paulson & Co., paid Goldman Sachs to structure a transaction in which Paulson & Co. could take short positions against mortgage securities chosen by Paulson & Co. based on a belief that the securities would experience credit events.»

These funds typically take a short position on the U.S. dollar like the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish Fund (UDN), profiting from a fall in the value of the dollar relative to other currencies.

They might be very specific, such as ProShares UltraShort Euro ETF (EUO), which takes short positions on the Euro.

I don't take short positions directly.

But I was just trying to point out that it's not the same thing when, say, someone like Soros or Druckenmiller takes a short position in the S&P (and will actively trade it), versus some mutual fund that thinks stocks are overvalued and will just put on a huge short position and just sit on it for years...

Theoretically, the broker must have the security in inventory when another customer takes the short position but in reality, naked short sales without corresponding inventory is now a widespread practice due to competitive business practices.

Before shorting, I would suggest one carefully re-read all the sections in one's brokerage agreement about shorting, margin requirements, etc, before taking a short position, and even then considering the use of options to limit one's downside risk.

John takes a short position on ABC stock and then writes a covered put.

Suppose A takes a long position by buying a December gold futures contract in January, and B at the same time takes a short position by selling the contract.

«The objective of the bogus email's senders was to spread rumours and panic, in the hope of manipulating the price of bitcoin, after taking short positions on bitcoin futures and betting that the price of bitcoin will fall, said Leonhard Weese, president of the Hong Kong bitcoin association.

In the days shortly after the first futures contracts expire, it would not be surprising to see the whales who took short positions use their profits from trading on exchanges and the futures market to buy back Bitcoin at the discounted price that they might have caused the market to drop down to.

IGHG seeks to hedge investment grade bonds against the negative impact of rising rates by taking short positions in Treasury futures.

FPA is especially interesting because they have no mandate on asset class and can even take short positions.

I will not take a short position in coffee as the downside is limited as we are squeezing blood out of a turnip.

The funds seek to hedge against the negative impact of currency risk by taking short positions in currency forward contracts.

While Buffett told CNBC he would not take a short position on bitcoin futures, JPMorgan Chase CEO and chairman Jamie Dimon said he regrets calling bitcoin a «fraud» in September.

The brokerage also said clients will not be able to take short positions, or bet against bitcoin futures, «due to the extreme volatility of cryptocurrencies.»

While he's long on most of the equity in the fund, he'll take a short position on sectors or securities that seem overvalued.

Still, it's easy to see how a combination of factors could induce unsavoury market participants to «short and distort» stocks — that is, to take short positions, then spread misleading information to capitalize on investors» fear and profit from the stock's resulting decline, to the detriment of the issuing company and the broader market's integrity.

So if you take a short position, you want to make sure your downside risk is hedged.

Hedge - fund manager Doug Kass has taken a short position on the fast - growing online retailer, saying government antitrust concerns will erode its value.

Additionally, hedge strategy managers can take short positions that benefit from market declines, cushioning a traditional long - only portfolio.

Another advantage of deregulated markets is the ability to take short positions, something that is banned for a few security classes in other markets.

When deciding to take a short position an inverse index, it is likely going to be a better choice than a single security.

When you expect the price of a Stock to fall, you can choose to take a short position in a Single Stock CFD.

In this example, the airline would be taking a long position, while the party obligated to deliver the crude oil will be taking a short position, as they are the seller, while the airline is the buyer.

An airline is unlikely to take a short position in crude oil, as declining prices benefit the bottom line.

These four inverse oil ETFs offer a varied approach to taking short positions in the energy sector.

And brokers will discuss this with you directly before they will authorize your account to take short positions.