unwind a trade

unwind a trade definition - finance
To enact a securities trade that nullifies a previous trade. For example, if five futures contracts were sold short, then five contracts would be bought back.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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