|
 |
||
 |
| This dictionary contains: 24549 financial terms |
 |
Naked shorting
|
|
Naked shortingThe illegal practice of short selling shares that have not been affirmatively determined to exist.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Short
One who has sold a contract to establish a market position and who has not yet closed out this position through an offsetting purchase; the opposite of a long position.
Shares
Certificates or book entries representing ownership in a corporation or similar entity.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
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
A securities position that is not hedged from market risk.
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 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.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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
A securities position that is not hedged from market risk.
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
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.
Nano cap
Small public company with a market capitalization below $50 million.
Narrow based
Generally referring to an index, it indicates that the index is composed of only a few stocks, generally in a specific industry group.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Short
One who has sold a contract to establish a market position and who has not yet closed out this position through an offsetting purchase; the opposite of a long position.
Shares
Certificates or book entries representing ownership in a corporation or similar entity.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
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
A securities position that is not hedged from market risk.
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 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.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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
A securities position that is not hedged from market risk.
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
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.
Nano cap
Small public company with a market capitalization below $50 million.
Narrow based
Generally referring to an index, it indicates that the index is composed of only a few stocks, generally in a specific industry group.
We thank you for using the Financial Dictionary to search for Naked shorting. If you have a better definition for Naked shorting than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Naked shorting may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Naked shorting and any other medical topic for the public at large.
This dictionary contains 24549 terms.
|
|