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Short Trade
A trade structured to benefit from a decline in the price of the instrument being tested.
A short trade generally opens with a sale and closes with a purchase. In actual securities trading, short selling may involve borrowing, margin requirements, interest, and additional costs that a backtest may not fully represent.
Also called:
Short position; sell-short trade
Related terms:
Long Trade; Fees; Hypothetical Performance
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