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hi chuck, this has confused me a little,
i understand how to work out longs with commisions e.t.c.,
but shorts confuse me as i have never used them.
Is it basically the same as a losing trade when going long.
e.g. i buy a stock at $1000 it goes to $500, i have lost %50.(on a
long trade), but if this was a short trade i made %50.
Peter.
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chuck Rademacher"
<chuck_rademacher@x> wrote:
> You should be able to do it with one formula. I'm not much of a
spreadsheet
> programmer, but offer the following tid-bits for you:
>
> Column1 = Dollars invested ($1,000 in each example, long or short);
>
> Column2 = Dollars profit, simply what you sell it for (sell or
short)
> minus what you paid (buy or cover).
>
> Column3 = Percent profit (column2 / Column1 * 100).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amiabilityy [mailto:amiabilityy@x...]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 4:05 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: how is the profit for shorts calculated?
>
>
> Thanks chuck, this will make it harder to calculate in a spread
> sheet.
>
> I was hoping to just reverse the short and cover columns and use a
> long profit calculation.
>
> Peter.
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Chuck Rademacher"
> <chuck_rademacher@x> wrote:
> > I wish you were correct about shorting at $10 and covering at $5
> giving you
> > a 100% profit. Unfortunately, it's only a 50% profit.
> >
> > Let's take the long example first, buying 100 shares.
> >
> > You buy a stock for $5.
> > You sell it at $10.
> > You invested $500 and made a $500 profit
> > You have made a 100% profit.
> >
> >
> > Now, let's take the short example:
> >
> > You short a stock at $10.
> > You cover at $5.
> > You invested $1000 (not $500) and made a $500 profit.
> > You have made a 50% profit.
> >
> >
> > The most you can EVER make by shorting a stock is 100%. The
most
> you can
> > lose is your butt!
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: peter j [mailto:amiabilityy@x...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:42 PM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [amibroker] how is the profit for shorts calculated?
> >
> >
> >
> > This is about my tenth attempt to post this, i hope the other
> posts dont
> > appear.
> >
> > Hi members.
> > I have a question about short trades.
> > Is the profit basically worked out similar to a long profit.
> > e.g. the buy to sell value
> > In a short trade could the profit be worked out in reverse
> > ( not in reference to ami, will be used for a spread sheet)
> > e.g. If the short was $10.00 and the cover was $5,
> > could i reverse these and say that there was a %100 profit.
> > or are there oddities when working out the profit of a short
> trade.
> > Peter.
> >
> >
> >
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