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Long : buy the stock first and sell it later
Short: sell the stock first and buy them later before final settlement
Long unwinding: close out position of long I. E selling the stocks to exist the long position
Short covering: close out position of short I. E buying back the stocks to exit the short position
LONG – Buying a stock in lesser price and selling in higher price, in a day or a month or more than year
SHORT – Selling a stock in higher price and buying in lower price, in a day or a month or more than year
Long Unwinding – for example, a broker mistakenly sells part of position when an investor wanted to add to it. The broker would have to unwind the transaction by selling the erroneously purchased stock and buying the proper stock
Short Covering – Purchasing a stock in order to close any open position. Whenever traders speculate that the stock will rise, they cover their shorts
Long – long is buying of stock
short – it is selling of stock
long unwinding – closing down the position you had is called long unwinding.
short covering – it is closing down your short positions because of contrary call you have taken on the market but the market goes the other way.
Long – Buying of stocks (if one expects the price to go up)
Short – Selling of stocks (if one expects the price to go down)
Long unwinding – Closing of Long position (selling of stocks once the price goes up to the expected level)
Short covering – Closing of Short position (buying of stocks once the price goes down to the expected level).
Long position: Buying a share now and selling it later expecting the share price to go up
Short position: Selling a share now and buying it later expecting the share price to go down
Long unwinding : Selling the shares and closing the long position
Short covering : Buying shares before trading day to cover short position
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