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Short
Definition 1
To Sell a stock short.
Definition 2
The state of having sold a stock Short without having covered it. Here, also called short Position .
Definition 3
An individual who is holding a Short in a particular security. here, also called Short seller. opposite of Long .
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Call , Cover , ECU , FIN , Long , Position , PPO , SEC , Sell , Short , Short position
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10-K ,
12b-1 funds ,
19c3 stock ,
Above par ,
Accrual of discount ,
Agency security ,
American Stock Exchange ,
Amortization of premium ,
Asset-backed security ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Adjustable rate preferred stock ,
All-risks coverage ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
At the money ,
Across the board ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Away from the market ,
Below the line ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Bank holding company ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Below par ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Book-entry security ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy the book ,
Balance of payments ,
Board of Governors ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Bailing out ,
B shares ,
Borrowed stock ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Cabinet security ,
Call ,
Call date ,
Called away ,
Called bond ,
Call price ,
Call protection ,
Call risk ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Common stock equivalent ,
Convertible security ,
Call money rate ,
Closed out ,
Code of procedure ,
Covered arbitrage ,
Capitalization of income ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cyclical stock ,
Certificated stock ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Callable stock ,
Certificate of stock ,
Consumer stock ,
Control stock ,
Cost of carry ,
Certificate of title ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Cash-out refinancing ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Crowding out ,
Core holding ,
C shares ,
Call option ,
Call ratio backspread ,
Call swaption ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Covered call ,
Covered option ,
Covered put ,
Covered straddle ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Cover ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Close out ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Curbs out ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Digested security ,
Droplock security ,
Dual currency bond ,
Dual listing ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Date of record ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Derivative security ,
Dual life insurance ,
Deal stock ,
Defensive stock ,
Distribution stock ,
Donated stock ,
De-escalation clause ,
De facto ,
Durable Power of Attorney ,
Date of maturity ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Deed of Release ,
Deed of Trust ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Dual-purpose fund ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Dirty stock ,
Distressed security ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Depth of market ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Exchangeable security ,
Exempt security ,
Either-or order ,
ECU ,
Effective par ,
E-mini ,
Exchange of spot ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan ,
Employee stock repurchase agreement ,
Ex-all ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
First In First Out ,
First call date ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Federal Call ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Forward P/E ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Forward cover ,
First preferred stock ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Full stock ,
Floating security ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free right of exchange ,
Federal ID Number ,
FIN ,
Graduated security ,
Growth stock ,
G-7 ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
Gather in the stops ,
Going long ,
Going short ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House call ,
House of issue ,
High-tech stock ,
Holding company ,
Holder in due course ,
Hang out loan ,
Home equity line of credit ,
HUD-1 statement ,
Holding period ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
In escrow ,
Inflation-indexed security ,
Investment security ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Income stock ,
In line ,
Individual policy pension trust ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Indication of interest ,
In intestacy ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
I/O strip ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Individual tax return ,
Imbalance of orders ,
In and out ,
Individual investor ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint Stock Company ,
Knock-out option ,
Last In First Out ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Letter security ,
Long ,
Long Bond ,
Long position ,
Long-term ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Long Market Value ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
Long hedge ,
Long-term care insurance ,
Loan stock ,
Long-term debt ,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ,
Letter of comment ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Long-term mortgage ,
Long leg ,
Long straddle ,
Long-term lease ,
Leading the market ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Long squeeze ,
Marketable security ,
Mortgage-backed security ,
Mortgage pass-through security ,
Maintenance call ,
Make a market ,
Margin call ,
Market on close order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Marginable stock ,
Money at call ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
Negotiable security ,
New York Stock Exchange ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
Nonvoting stock ,
Notice of Default ,
Naked call ,
Non-qualified stock option ,
Non-statutory stock option ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
No-load stock ,
Naked position ,
Net position ,
Off the books ,
Other long term liabilities ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
Optionable stock ,
Original issue stock ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Out of the money ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
On-balance volume ,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio ,
On close ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Open position ,
Pooling of interests ,
Par bond ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Premium over bond value ,
Premium over conversion value ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Provisional call feature ,
Position ,
Preferred stock ,
Prior preferred stock ,
P&L ,
Position trader ,
PPO ,
Pour-over will ,
Power of Attorney ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Position limit ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Preservation of capital ,
Painting the tape ,
Priced out ,
Put/call ratio ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Registered security ,
Residual security ,
Restricted security ,
Reading the tape ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Round of funding ,
Rule 15c3-1 ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Restricted stock ,
Red herring ,
Regulation A ,
Reverse Take-Over ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Roll over ,
Rule of 78 ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
SEC filing ,
SG&A ,
Short-term reserves ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
State bank ,
Stock association ,
SEC ,
Sell ,
Short bond ,
Short-term ,
Stamped security ,
Stock buyback ,
SEC fee ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell limit order ,
Sell order ,
Sell plus ,
Sell-side analyst ,
Sell the book ,
Stock loan ,
Second preferred stock ,
Stock dividend ,
Standard of living ,
Series 3 ,
Short hedge ,
Single stock futures ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Stock life insurance company ,
Secondary stock ,
Short interest ,
Short interest ratio ,
Stock bonus plan ,
Stock certificate ,
Stock Clearing Corporation ,
Stock consolidation ,
Stock exchange ,
Stock index ,
Stock market ,
Stock option ,
Stock option plan ,
Stock power ,
Stock screening ,
Stock swap ,
Stock symbol ,
Stock ticker ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Security interest ,
Security loan ,
Seller financing ,
Senior security ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Stock fund ,
Selling the spread ,
Short leg ,
Short market value ,
Short straddle ,
Synthetic stock ,
Social Security ,
Social Security Tax ,
Stock list ,
Story stock ,
Security analysis ,
Selling short ,
Selling short against the box ,
Short ,
Short cover ,
Shorting against the box ,
Short position ,
Short purchase ,
Short sale rule ,
Short squeeze ,
S Corporation ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Seek a market ,
Short swing profits ,
Short swing rules ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stopped out ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ,
Trust-preferred security ,
Take a position ,
Trailing P/E ,
Treasury Stock ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Truth in Lending ,
Tenancy at will ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Top out ,
Take a bath ,
U.S. Government Agency Security ,
U.S. Savings Bond ,
U.S. Treasury ,
U.S. Treasury Bill ,
U.S. Treasury Bond ,
U.S. Treasury Note ,
U.S. Treasury Securities ,
Underlying security ,
Uncovered call ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Value stock ,
Vetoing stock ,
Voting stock ,
With interest ,
Waiver of premium ,
Watered stock ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
X or XD ,
Year-over-year ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares