The outcome of the flip of a coin used to determine which of two brokers who are locked in Competition for equal trades may actually execute the trades.
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Locked In
Investors are said to be locked in when they have profit on a security they own but do not sell because their profit would immediately become subject to the capital gains tax.
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Locked in
When an investor is unable to take advantage of preferential tax treatment because of time remaining on a required holding period.
Locked In
A hedged position that cannot be lifted without offsetting both sides of the hedge (spread). Also refers to being caught in a limit move.
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Your max profit is locked in place at the onset and occurs above 55. That's where all puts will expire worthless and your profit is the premium collected from your short put position minus the cost of the long puts. You max loss occurs at 50.
However, if you're locked into a formula that calls for increasing your stock position as the market gets weaker, the value of your overall portfolio will also probably decline.
One man I almost taught was so afraid to change that he was locked into where he hung his coat, where I sat, and where he sat.
After that time, the market started to slide; it then remained locked into a downtrend for the remainder of the day.
dollar as the world's dominant reserve currency appears locked in a steady decline.
Next positive attribute of Goldcorp is that, nothing like some other major producers, it's "locked in" major known valuable metals deposits for future production. In 2006, Goldcorp merged with Glamis Gold, a firm with major assets in Mexico.
Many investors had purchased gold on margin and others were locked into purchase contracts.
When a farm cooperative has locked in what they consider a fair price for their sugar beets, corn, soy beans, etc. they will probably go back to the work of farming. Thus their strategy will be to make a single or single set of trades.
If you can acquire these characteristics, you will be open to new input and not locked into views that may have become no longer valid, or perhaps were not well-founded to begin with.
Remember that once you agree to a mini-tender offer, you are probably locked in. If the tender offer is for less than five percent of the company's stock, exercise extreme caution.
Under this assumption, the “expected value' (as opposed to "locked in" value) is discounted.
By staggering the bond maturity dates, your money is not locked in to one bond for a particular length of time. By locking your 50,000 USD into one bond, you cannot protect your money from decreasing interest rates or capitalize on increasing rates.
Rogue brokers may say that a rate was locked in with the lender when in fact it was not, or was locked in for a shorter period of time. Again, the borrower has no way of telling whether a broker is rogue or not when shopping for a mortgage.
Unless you really screw up big time, you have me locked in. The spreads have narrowed mostly. I like the new cash management interface-it's a lot easier to add funds and transfer funds than it used to be.
The rate was locked in for ten years. Interest rates reset on the tenth anniversary of the Series HH bond's issue date. Series HH savings bonds reach maturity and stop earning interest income altogether on the twentieth anniversary of the issue date.
But the buyer and seller are locked into a contract at a fixed price that is not affected by any changes in the market rates.
Gold has had a great rally in the past 7 weeks and we have locked in about 15% profit on a small swing trade since our short term buy signal a few weeks ago.
Reducing the position would have locked in some profits, but left us with the bulk of our investment intact. If the stock reversed and continued to climb, we would not miss the boat entirely. Of course, you may be asking, now what?
During the 45 minutes leading up to the point labeled "A," prices were locked in a tight range between the bid price of 69 1/4 and the asking price of 69 3/8.
This coupon is locked in at a fixed rate for the first 10 years, after which it is reset by the U.S. Treasury for the rest of the bond's life. Interest on Series HH bonds is exempt from state and local - but not federal - taxes.
It is efficiently used in jerky markets, it is locked in a sideways price pattern or trading range. It can also be used to show when to sell on rallies in bear markets or to purchase on bottoms in bull markets.
Had a close stop loss been in place and moved up, we would have locked in a small profit. This would have been nothing to speak of in profits but our goal is to try and catch bigger moves while minimizing losses.
You sell the put option and receive $237 for the trade and have now locked in a purchase price of $90 if AAPL trades that low in the 10 or so days until expiration. Plus you get to keep the $237 no matter what.
The remaining money stays locked in, just as with a pension or locked-in RRSP.
+ First TP at +10 pips (+15 from CZ), close half of your position, move SL to the edge of the CZ (at this point you will have locked in +5 pips profit)
+ Second TP (close your remaining position) at +20 pips (+25 from CZ) OR when a second CZ forms ...
We also outperformed the market by 15% during the Euro Crisis of 2010. And since the latest round of the Euro Crisis began in July 2011, we've locked in not 10, not 20, but 35 STRAIGHT WINNERS including gains of 12%, 14%, 16% and 18%, ...
- Obtuse contracts: Given the complexity of these contracts, have an independent financial adviser assess the details before you get locked in.
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It locked in a net cost of $350, regardless of what happened to the cash market price of gold.
The mind-set of a successful trader is that he values a locked in profit more than he value the possibility of a higher profit. This is probably the reason that traders are inclined to cash in their profits too soon.
Yes, on occasion I've taken profits and in hindsight it was the wrong thing to do, but being out of the market means you're NOT going to lose and have locked in whatever gains you've made.
You now have locked in some of your profit, regardless of what happens to the stock price, you keep the $10 premium. In turn, your broker requires you to deposit your stock with him since you now have placed a restriction on your stock.
By deciding to use such an approach, one is implicitly locked into a particular data history and (in practice) data/software vendor.
Do not even consider any rebate that includes three year's Internet access. You will be charged an average of $20.00 per month for this with plenty of penalties and fees if you want to quit early. Three years is simply too long to be locked into any ...
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case, his profit on the futures position (excluding transaction costs) would be $3,000 or $3 per barrel, which would fully offset the increase in his cash crude costs. However, if the price falls to $25 per barrel, the refiner would have locked in ...
For example, a bank might decide to call its high-yield CDs if interest rates fall. But if you've invested in a long-term CD and interest rates subsequently rise, you'll be locked in at the lower rate.
This buy signal practice is commonly used and studied as part of Forex trading. As a rule, if the investor buys and the signal is wrong, they are locked into an undervalued security until the market changes and the price increases.
Redemption Policy - Liquidity can also be a problem with hedge funds. You might get locked into a one-year term or have limited opportunity to enter and exit the fund. Make sure you understand the fund's policy on exiting the investment.
It was literally a trade with a locked in carry and conveyance. This is obviously valuable information and is an ongoing source of trade relationships every day.
A securities transaction in which all of the terms and conditions of the trade are accepted by the buyer and seller. Once a transaction is locked in, last-sale reporting to Nasdaq and reporting to the clearing corporation are processed electronically.
locked in A situation in which an investor is reluctant to sell a particularly profitable investment due to the tax consequences.
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