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  2. Short (finance) - Wikipedia

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    A short position can also be created through a futures contract, forward contract, or option contract, by which the short seller assumes an obligation or right to sell an asset at a future date at a price stated in the contract. If the price of the asset falls below the contract price, the short seller can buy it at the lower market value and ...

  3. Futures contract - Wikipedia

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    The buyer of a contract is said to be the long position holder and the selling party is said to be the short position holder. [1] As both parties risk their counter-party reneging if the price goes against them, the contract may involve both parties lodging as security a margin of the value of the contract with a mutually trusted third party.

  4. Forward contract - Wikipedia

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    Compared to the futures markets it is very difficult to close out one's position, that is to rescind the forward contract. For instance while being long in a forward contract, entering short into another forward contract might cancel out delivery obligations but adds to credit risk exposure as there are now three parties involved.

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

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    Being short a stock means that you have a negative position in the stock and will profit if the stock falls. Being long a stock is straightforward: You purchase shares in the company and you’re ...

  6. Position (finance) - Wikipedia

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    In finance, a position is the amount of a particular security, commodity or currency held or owned by a person or entity. [1]In financial trading, a position in a futures contract does not reflect ownership but rather a binding commitment to buy or sell a given number of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.

  7. Derivatives market - Wikipedia

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    When one party goes long (buys a futures contract), another goes short (sells). When a new contract is introduced, the total position in the contract is zero. Therefore, the sum of all the long positions must be equal to the sum of all the short positions. In other words, risk is transferred from one party to another is a type of a zero sum game.

  8. Forward price - Wikipedia

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    The short position knows as much as the long position knows: the short/long positions are both aware of any schemes that they could partake on to gain a profit given some forward price. So of course they will have to settle on a fair price or else the transaction cannot occur. An economic articulation would be:

  9. Futures exchange - Wikipedia

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    A futures exchange or futures market is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized futures contracts defined by the exchange. [1] Futures contracts are derivatives contracts to buy or sell specific quantities of a commodity or financial instrument at a specified price with delivery set at a specified time in the future.

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