Short (or Short Position)
- Short (or Short Position)
- 1. The sale of a borrowed security, commodity or currency with the expectation that the asset will fall in value.
2. In the context of options, it is the sale (also known as "writing") of an options contract.
Opposite of "long (or long position)".
1. For example, an investor who borrows shares of stock from a broker and sells them on the open market is said to have a short position in the stock. The investor must eventually return the borrowed stock by buying it back from the open market. If the stock falls in price, the investor buys it for less than he or she sold it, thus making a profit.
2. For example, selling a call (or put) options contract to a buyer entitles the buyer the right, not the obligation to buy from (or sell to) you a specific commodity or asset for a specified amount at a specified date.
Investment dictionary.
Academic.
2012.
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Short position — Occurs when a person sells stocks he or she does not yet own. Shares must be borrowed, before the sale, to make good delivery to the buyer. Eventually, the shares must be bought to close out the transaction. This technique is used when an… … Financial and business terms
Short-Position — Long (engl.: „lang“, „weit“) bezeichnet in der Finanzwelt die Käufer Position in einem Handelsgeschäft. Bei Futures z. B. ist der Inhaber einer Long Position der Käufer des dem Future zugrunde liegenden Wertes (Basiswert). Entsprechend bezeichnet … Deutsch Wikipedia
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short position — /ʃɔ:t pə zɪʃ(ə)n/ noun a situation where an investor sells short (i.e. sells forward shares which he or she does not own). Compare long position … Dictionary of banking and finance
Short position — Not yet defined. See also Long position and Net position … International financial encyclopaedia
short position — A position held by a dealer in securities, commodities, currencies, etc., in which sales exceed holdings because the dealer expects prices to fall, enabling the shorts to be covered at a profit. Compare: long position … Accounting dictionary
