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Selling short against the box

A Short sale of a security which the seller does Own but does not want to Close out his/her Position in, for Tax or other reasons. also called shorting Against the box.

Related Terms: 13 Against the box, Call, CLO, Close, Close out, ECU, Own, Position, SEC, Sell, Short, Shorting against the box, Tax
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