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2. Long position vs. short position: What’s the difference in ...

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   Going short, or short selling, is a way to profit when a stock declines in price. While going long involves buying a stock and then selling later, going short reverses this order of events.

3. Short (finance) - Wikipedia

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   For this reason, short selling probably is most often used as a hedge strategy to manage the risks of long investments. Many short sellers place a stop order with their stockbroker after selling a stock short—an order to the brokerage to cover the position if the price of the stock should rise to a certain level. This is to limit the loss and ...

4. Options vs. Stocks: Which One Is Better for You? - AOL

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   Short-term to long-term, depending on holding period; most options contracts, however, are short-term Short-term to long-term, depending on holding period What You Should Know About Stock Investing

5. Shorting Stocks 101 - AOL

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   The concept of shorting stocks is often misunderstood by retail investors like you and me. Shorting can be demonized by companies, politicians, and commentators when it contributes to bringing a ...

6. Synthetic position - Wikipedia

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   The synthetic long put position consists of three elements: shorting one stock, holding one European call option and holding dollars in a bank account. (Here is the strike price of the option, and is the continuously compounded interest rate, is the time to expiration and is the spot price of the stock at option expiration.)

7. Protective option - Wikipedia

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   A protective option or married option is a financial transaction in which the holder of securities buys a type of financial options contract known as a "call" or a "put" against stock that they own or are shorting. The buyer of a protective option pays compensation, or "premium", for this transaction, which can limit losses on their stock position.