==== is unique in that he has left traders a working philosophy for trading securities that emphasizes holding for the long term, increasing the size of your position as it goes in your direction and not trying to hold out for that last penny.
Talk:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
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Long (futures)
==== is to buy a futures contract before selling it.
==== the value of a contract at time of trading should be zero, its price constantly fluctuates
Margin, margin refers to the cash collateral deposited by a party to contract, with a trader or exchange, to ensure against default. i.e., good faith deposit.
, is the amount of funds that must be kept in an account to initiate or hold a contract overnight.
Margin call
, a margin call is a demand by a broker for additional funds, additional money or securities, because of an adverse price movement in one or more of your held securities to bring a margin account up to the minimum maintenance margin.
Initial margin
, is the amount of cash collateral originally required by the clearing house and one's brokerage to be deposited by a party to contract, with a trader or exchange, to ensure against default. i.e., good faith deposit.
Maintenance margin
, is the minimum amount of equity that must be maintained in a margin account to ensure against default, i.e. minimum good faith deposit. The amount is figured daily using a secret complex formula including volatility and other factors
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====Open interest (futures)==== is the number of "open" contracts of derivatives like futures and options that have a time limit after which they expire. Open interest in a derivative is the sum of all contracts that have not expired, been exercised or physically delivered.
====Slippage==== In futures, the difference between estimated transaction costs and the amount actually paid. Brokers not being effective enough at executing orders, as well as market-impacted, liquidity, and frictional costs may contribute.
====Spread==== is the difference between the values of any two securities. This differential can be analyzed and traded, using technical analysis. Spread traders hold long and short contracts simultaneously in the same or related security markets.
I'm glad you're doing well as a seasonal spread trader, but that's no reason to force-fit a note about it under "short selling.” --OwenX 17:26, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
The previous definition of short selling is out and out wrong. The definition should be universal and neutral. What you have there is a load of mis-information. It is misleading and untrue. It only applies to one small highly regulated use. Maybe you should change the name to something like “short selling (stocks only),” because it sure does not apply to real estate or normal businesses.
The current page says “In order to sell something short, one must borrow it from someone else.” Bill Gates did not have to borrow something from someone else, and he was selling short. How do you explain that?
I can sell 5,000 bushels of November Corn, I do not have to borrow anything. How can this page be true?
When Bill Gates sold an operating system he “did not have,” to IBM. Gates was selling short. He sold something before he bought it. He did not adhere to all these things this writer says. Short selling
fungible property is a part of the Speculation business and it does not fit the current limited description used under this heading for selling short. GT
Questions
Where can we post a page that needs attention so that someone can fix it?
I hope you won't think me too rude for suggesting this but I think it might be useful for you to check out some of the pages on Wikipedia:Featured articles and see how the depth and breadth of topics that make up a wikipedia article. I have noticed you adding several "glossary style" entries which are more appropriate for wiktionary. For instance, wouldn't better to have a substantial on (financial) risk in all its forms rather than the current non-article about risk in the futures market? Pcb21|Pete 00:59, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Remark
Not that I care, but on Wikipedia you are not encouraged to delete contents from your talk page. You could archive it instead, that is, make a page like User talk:-oo0(GoldTrader)0oo-/Archive_1 and move the old stuff in there. Oleg Alexandrov
PS: Well, if you really want it you of course can delete things, that was just a recommandation. Oleg Alexandrov 23:24, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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Thank you. Blanchardb-Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 02:12, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
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