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Naked position
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Naked positionA securities position that is not hedged from market risk.
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Securities
Saleable papers, traded on stock exchanges, that yield an income (dividend, interest, etc.).
Position
A market commitment; the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been entered into.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
Risk
The possibility of loss; the amount that one may lose when investing.
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Naked
An uncovered position such as the position of a writer of an option which is not covered by an opposite position in the underlying instrument.
Naked call
A call option position held by a writer who does not hold a long position in the stock on which the call has been written.
Naked option
An option position where the buyer or seller has no underlying security position.
Naked option strategies
An unhedged strategy making exclusive use of one of the following: short call strategy (selling or writing call options), and short put strategy (selling or writing put options).
Naked put
A put option whose writer does not have a short position in the stock on which he or she has written the put.
Naked shorting
The illegal practice of short selling shares that have not been affirmatively determined to exist.
Naked strategies
Writing an option without owning the underlying asset. Holder is naked because holder may have agreed to sell something not owned.
Naked writer
Uncovered call writing and Uncovered put writing.
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Naive diversification
A strategy whereby an investor simply invests in a number of different assets in the hope that the variance of the expected return on the portfolio is lowered.
Naked
An uncovered position such as the position of a writer of an option which is not covered by an opposite position in the underlying instrument.
Naked call
A call option position held by a writer who does not hold a long position in the stock on which the call has been written.
Naked option
An option position where the buyer or seller has no underlying security position.
Naked option strategies
An unhedged strategy making exclusive use of one of the following: short call strategy (selling or writing call options), and short put strategy (selling or writing put options).
Naked position
Naked put
A put option whose writer does not have a short position in the stock on which he or she has written the put.
Naked shorting
The illegal practice of short selling shares that have not been affirmatively determined to exist.
Naked strategies
Writing an option without owning the underlying asset. Holder is naked because holder may have agreed to sell something not owned.
Naked writer
Uncovered call writing and Uncovered put writing.
Named perils insurance
An insurance policy that names specific risks covered by the policy.
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Securities
Saleable papers, traded on stock exchanges, that yield an income (dividend, interest, etc.).
Position
A market commitment; the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been entered into.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
Risk
The possibility of loss; the amount that one may lose when investing.
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Naked
An uncovered position such as the position of a writer of an option which is not covered by an opposite position in the underlying instrument.
Naked call
A call option position held by a writer who does not hold a long position in the stock on which the call has been written.
Naked option
An option position where the buyer or seller has no underlying security position.
Naked option strategies
An unhedged strategy making exclusive use of one of the following: short call strategy (selling or writing call options), and short put strategy (selling or writing put options).
Naked put
A put option whose writer does not have a short position in the stock on which he or she has written the put.
Naked shorting
The illegal practice of short selling shares that have not been affirmatively determined to exist.
Naked strategies
Writing an option without owning the underlying asset. Holder is naked because holder may have agreed to sell something not owned.
Naked writer
Uncovered call writing and Uncovered put writing.
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Naive diversification
A strategy whereby an investor simply invests in a number of different assets in the hope that the variance of the expected return on the portfolio is lowered.
Naked
An uncovered position such as the position of a writer of an option which is not covered by an opposite position in the underlying instrument.
Naked call
A call option position held by a writer who does not hold a long position in the stock on which the call has been written.
Naked option
An option position where the buyer or seller has no underlying security position.
Naked option strategies
An unhedged strategy making exclusive use of one of the following: short call strategy (selling or writing call options), and short put strategy (selling or writing put options).
Naked position
Naked put
A put option whose writer does not have a short position in the stock on which he or she has written the put.
Naked shorting
The illegal practice of short selling shares that have not been affirmatively determined to exist.
Naked strategies
Writing an option without owning the underlying asset. Holder is naked because holder may have agreed to sell something not owned.
Naked writer
Uncovered call writing and Uncovered put writing.
Named perils insurance
An insurance policy that names specific risks covered by the policy.
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