short interest position
1Short interest ratio — The short ratio (or short interest ratio) is usually the number of shares outstanding of a publicly traded company that is sold short, divided by the average daily trading volume (daily transaction). It can also be the percentage of the free… …
2short interest — Total number of shares of a security that investors have sold short and that have not been repurchased to close out the short position. Usually, investors sell short to profit from price declines. As a result, the short interest is often an… …
3short interest — noun : the sum of securities or commodities sold short as of a given date called also short position * * * Finance. the total amount by which a single seller or all sellers are short in a particular stock or commodity or in the market as a whole …
4short interest — Finance. the total amount by which a single seller or all sellers are short in a particular stock or commodity or in the market as a whole. Also called short account, short position. [1885 90, Amer.] * * * …
5short position — ☆ short position n. 1. the position of one who has not yet covered a short sale 2. SHORT INTEREST …
6Short (finance) — Schematic representation of short selling in two steps. The short seller borrows shares and immediately sells them. He then waits, hoping for the stock price to decrease, when the seller can profit by purchasing the shares to return to the lender …
7short position — I. noun : short interest II. noun : the market position of a trader who has made but not yet covered a short sale * * * Finance. See short interest. * * * short position, = short interest. (Cf. ↑ …
8short — noun One who has sold futures contracts or plans to purchase a cash commodity. verb Selling futures contracts or initiating a cash forward contract sale without offsetting a particular market position. Chicago Board of Trade glossary Someone who… …
9Position (finance) — Finance Financial markets Bond market …
10short sale — A contract for sale of shares of stock which the seller does not own, or certificates for which are not within his control, so as to be available for delivery at the time when, under rules of the exchange, delivery must be made. Provost v. U. S …
