Short covering is closing a short position by buying back shares that were originally borrowed to sell short using buy orders to cover the orders.
Short covering can result in either a profit (if the asset is bought back lower than where it was sold) or a loss (if it is higher).
Covering a short position can be forced if a short squeeze occurs and sellers become the target of a margin call. Short-term interest rates can help predict the chances of a squeeze.
Arbitrageurs are investors who exploit market inefficiencies of any kind. They are necessary to ensure that inefficiencies between markets are smoothed out or kept to a minimum.
A beneficial owner is a person who enjoys the benefits of ownership, despite the fact that the ownership of the property is registered in a different name.
A central counterparty clearing house (CCP) is an organization, usually run by a large bank, that exists in European countries to facilitate the trading of derivatives and equities.
Delivered from ship (DES) was an Incoterm (an international commercial term) that applied to both inland and ocean shipping, and often to charter shipping.
Preliminary analysis in financial markets refers to the forecasting of various indicators, economic and financial, by evaluating past and present data and parameters.
Financial Information Exchange (FIX) is an information and data protocol used to distribute price and trade information to investment banks and broker-dealers.