Thursday, 5 April 2018

CRYPTOCURRENCY: TRADING LONG POSITIONS VS SHORT


Source: https://www.google.com/search?rct=j&q=trading%20long%20positions%20vs%20short%20position

What is a long position and a short position?

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/long.asp 


long (or long position) is the buying of a security such as a stock, commodity or currency with the expectation that the asset will rise in value. In the context of options, long is the buying of an options contract. ... A long position is the opposite of a short (or short position).


What is the difference between short and long selling?


Regardless of the direction of a stock, when the price changes, some will make money while others will lose. The reason for this is the difference between buying long and selling short. Our most common conception of investing in stocks is tobuy while the price is low and sell when the price is high.May 3, 2010












The Difference Between Buying Long and Selling Short - TodayForward

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What is a short and long trade?

Trading Term Definition: Long and Short. ... A long trade is initiated by buying, with the expectation to sell at a higher price in the future and realize a profit. A short trade is initiated by selling first (before buying), with the expectation to buy the stockback at a lower price and realize a profit.Feb 3, 2017




Long and Short (Trading Terms Definitions) - The Balance

https://www.thebalance.com/long-and-short-trading-term-definitions-1031122

What is short selling?


Short selling is the sale of a security that is not owned by the seller or that the seller has borrowed. Short selling is motivated by the belief that a security's price will decline, enabling it to be bought back at a lower price to make a profit.

Short Selling - Investopedia

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shortselling.asp



Is it illegal to short sell?
Naked shorting is the illegal practice of short selling shares that have not been affirmatively determined to exist. Ordinarily, traders must borrow a stock, or determine that it can be borrowed, before they sell it short.

Naked Shorting - Investopedia

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nakedshorting.asp


What does high volatility mean?
A lower volatility means that a security's value does not fluctuate dramatically, but changes in value at a steady pace over a period of time. One measure of the relativevolatility of a particular stock to the market is its beta.

Volatility - Investopedia

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/volatility.asp
A lower volatility means that a security's value does not fluctuate dramatically, but changes in value at a steady pace over a period of time. One measure of the relativevolatility of a particular stock to the market is its beta.






Volatility - Investopedia

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/volatility.asp




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