But you're exposed to
unlimited losses if markets crash — like they did when the Dow fell 2,400 points in a week last month.
Short sale risk is the risk that the Fund will incur
an unlimited loss if the price of a security sold short increases between the time of the short sale and the time the Fund replaces the borrowed security.
Not exact matches
People face potentially
unlimited losses with CFDs
if they are on the wrong side of a bet on a price movement and cryptocurrencies are notoriously volatile.
Retail investors have forgotten that being short volatility means being exposed to
unlimited losses, just like
if you were naked short a call or a put.
Essentially,
if the stock goes up, you have
unlimited profit potential (less the cost of the put options), and
if the stock goes down, the put goes up in value to offset
losses on the stock.
The even bigger problem for me however, is that without having
unlimited funds at my disposal and a fear of missing out
if I don't buy them instantly, I am «forced» to rejig my portfolio around, even selling players at a
loss, to make room in my portfolio for all these new players!
Also be aware, in the case of Amazon in particular, that the long term plan is to make it so you never ever have to go anywhere else to buy anything, ever, and that running Kindle
Unlimited at a
loss for a while would be fine
if it serves that long - term goal.
Ebook subscription can work, maybe,
if it's done the way Amazon is doing it: With tiny payments for authors, backed by a giant company that can actually also afford to take a
loss on the program (though we have no proof that Amazon is taking a
loss on Kindle
Unlimited).
If the figures don't satisfy you, ask your insurance agent about coverage based on «actual
loss sustained» (ALS), which provides
unlimited additional - living - expense coverage for a limited period.
For example,
if you write an uncovered call, you face
unlimited potential
loss, since there is no cap on how high a stock price can rise.
If you sell a Naked Call or Put Option, you should have underlying assets or an open position in the futures market to protect you from an
unlimited loss arising out of adverse price movements.
If the stock price increases over the exercise price by more than the amount of the premium, the short will lose money, with the potential
loss unlimited.
If you expose yourself to the possibility of
unlimited losses, your survival is at stake.
If you fail to contact the card issuer within 60 days of the first incorrect account statement, you risk
unlimited loss to your account.
In order for you to be held accountable for
unlimited loss, the card issuer must show that the
loss would have been avoided
if you had given timely notice of the card theft.
Consider that when buying stock (a.k.a. going long or taking a long position, in contrast to short) then your potential
loss as a buyer is limited (i.e. stock goes to zero) and your potential gain
unlimited (stock keeps going up,
if you're lucky!)
If un-hedged, written calls expose the Fund to potentially
unlimited losses.
However, keep in mind,
if the market price of the stock goes the opposite direction than you thought, your
loss is
unlimited.
The reason is that there are so many risks: government regulations of short - selling (SEC Rule 204), special government regulations put in place during market panics (e.g. the 2008 SEC ban on short selling financials), forced buy - ins,
unlimited losses, debt to the brokerage, interest one is charged for being short which can vary arbitrarily, brokerages could change margin requirements to any arbitrary amount, arbitration clauses, you agree to indemnify the brokerage for anything it did even
if it did the wrong thing, some brokerages also do market - making and thus have further incentive to fleece the client, and all the other «screw you» legal language that you agreed to when opening an account.
Losses, on the other hand, are
unlimited because a stock can just keep on rising
if players who are long the stock flood the market with buy orders.
If you're concerned about the theoretically
unlimited losses you can rack up in spread betting, you may be better trying your hand at something a bit less risky first — fixed - odds betting.
If the rabbit shows no sign of excessive sludge in its urine, weight
loss can sometimes be slowed by allowing
unlimited alfalfa pellets.
People face potentially
unlimited losses with CFDs
if they are on the wrong side of a bet on a price movement and cryptocurrencies are notoriously volatile.