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

[Poojitha Konduru]

Long and Short are positions which basically mean Buying & Selling of Shares.

Longwinding is selling the shares to close the long position

Short Covering is buying the shares to cover short position

 

[Ranjani Arumugam]

long = buying the stock and holding on to it and selling it when the prices go high.

Short =  without processing the shares if you sell them, it is called a short position.

long unwinding = when you sell the shares you were holding  and closing that trade.

Short covering= when you buy back the shares you sold, before 330 pm, that day ie before the market closed for that day, it is called a short covering.

[Vimal Kumar]

Long & Long Unwinding

While the price of the share goes high, we <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>buy (Long)</span> and then <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>sell (Long Unwinding)</span>.

Short & Short Covering

While the price of the share goes low, we <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>sell (Short)</span> and then <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>buy (Short Covering)</span>

[Angelin Monica]

placing a buy order is long. closing the long position is long unwinding

placing a sell order is short. closing the short position is short covering

[Aravind S]

<p style=”box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.85em 0px; direction: ltr; color: #777777; font-family: ‘Roboto Slab’; font-size: 13px;”>Long = Buying the stock and holding on to it.</p>
<p style=”box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.85em 0px; direction: ltr; color: #777777; font-family: ‘Roboto Slab’; font-size: 13px;”>Long unwinding = when you sell the shares you were holding.</p>
<p style=”box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.85em 0px; direction: ltr; color: #777777; font-family: ‘Roboto Slab’; font-size: 13px;”></p>
<p style=”box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.85em 0px; direction: ltr; color: #777777; font-family: ‘Roboto Slab’; font-size: 13px;”>Short =  Without processing the shares if you sell them, it is called a short position.</p>
<p style=”box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.85em 0px; direction: ltr; color: #777777; font-family: ‘Roboto Slab’; font-size: 13px;”>Short covering= When you buy back the shares you sold, before 330 pm, that day ie before the market closed for that day, it is called a short covering.</p>

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