RE: [amibroker] How is profit for a short worked out?

["Rick Parsons" <RickParsons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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size=2>Hmmmm,
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Short at $10, 
cover at $5 gives you a $5 profit on a $10 investment.  So would that be a 
50% gain?
 
<FONT face="Vladimir Script" color=#000080 
size=5>Rick

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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: amiabilityy 
  [mailto:amiabilityy@xxxxxxxxx]Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 2:57 
  PMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [amibroker] How 
  is profit for a short worked out?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 valueIn 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.Send 
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