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Shorting

A trading that involves selling securities an investor doesn’t own. The broker borrows the securities from another client and sells…

Synthetic Short

A combination of a short call and a long put in addition to a money market position (borrowing or lending…

Against The Box

A short sale which is carried out by the holder of a long position in the same stock being sold. The…

Semi-Annual Compounding

The compounding of interest earned or paid on an interest-bearing instrument (e.g., bond, deposit, etc), or generally any type of…

Short Bond

A bond with a short period remaining until maturity date. Bonds with less than two years to maturity are often…

Convertible Hedge

An arbitrage strategy that is based on buying a convertible security (like convertible bonds) and simultaneously selling short the issuing…

Death Spiral Debt

A type of convertible bond that can result in the creation of ever-increasing amounts of stock shares, driving the respective...

Call Spread

An option spread which involves buying a call with a given strike price and expiration date while short selling another…

Short Seller

An entity that sells financial assets (such as stocks, bonds, etc.) that it has borrowed and does not own at...

Synthetic Short Sale

An option trading strategy which replicates the short selling of the underlying and involves buying a put (long put) and...