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. Ben Le Brun:

   A lot of the fall was due to short covering, there could be a bit of profit-taking for people who have gone long.

2. Yujiro Goto:

   The weekend comment from Draghi was a bit more balanced and neutral than before, which is triggering some short-covering in the euro.

3. Jim Ritterbusch:

   Heating oil fell to multiyear lows this week, leaving it vulnerable to a short-covering rally, a lot of big shorts took profits today.

4. Michael Sprung:

   There's a certain amount of short-covering that's going on that's helping to drive the market.

5. Andre Bakhos:

   We've had a very erratic, choppy start to the year and the China news is going to give investors a reason to do some short covering and something to hang their hats on.