What is long / short / long unwinding / Short Covering?

[khushi]

long means to hold the stock for more than one day, usually its done expecting the stock price will increase.

Short means to trade on a stock on a single trade day

 

[Padmavathi Sukumar]

Long – Buying a share first and then selling the same is long position

Short – Selling the share first and then buying is Short position

Long Unwinding – Selling the shares to exit long position is long unwinding position

Short Covering – Buying shares to exit short position is short covering position

Based on analysis if share price is expected to go up then long position should be created (buy and sell), if share price is expected to go down then short position should be created (sell and buy)

[Ramesh]

Long:  Buying a stock and selling it later expecting that stock price would go up.

Short:  Selling a stock which we don’t own, and buying it later in order to settle preceding transaction.

Long Unwinding:  Selling the stocks to exit the long position.

Short Covering: Buying back the stocks to exit the short position.

[Gopalakrishnan]

Long – Buy first and sell later.

Short – Sell first and buy second

short cover – even you sell the shares if don’t have, but you need to buy back with in a closing hours of the same day.

[bhavani]

Long is a position when buy the stock for the first time and then sell it known as long unwinding

Short is a position when you sell the stock which you does not own and buy back to cover that position known as short covering.

 

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