Synonyms for short covering
short cov·er·ing

Princeton's WordNet

1. short coveringnoun

   the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale

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1. • Trading

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1. Tohru Sasaki:

   The U.S. economy is exceptionally strong relative to other countries, causing dollar short covering.

2. Dan Flynn:

   The rig count is a bullish element and might help keep U.S. crude above $50 (a barrel) and we might see some short covering rallies.

3. Peter Cardillo:

   Oil continues to be the main driver of the markets. It's the fear factor of oil continuing to move lower and its impact on oil debt around the world, the market will probably be led by short covering.

4. Michael Tarkan:

   As long as management continues to execute, you will see another level of short-covering as we move through the year.

5. Ihor Dusaniwsky:

   Fundamental and momentum shorts have incurred very large mark-to-market losses and they have been squeezed out of their positions, we saw over the last couple of days some serious short covering in the name.