One way to cope with this unpleasant environment is to take a short position in U.S. Treasurys.

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Typically, when investors take a short position, or make bearish bets on a stock, they borrow stock to magnify their bet.

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In those cases the arbs take a short position in the acquirer equal to the number of shares they expect to be awarded when the deal closes.

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When these profitable divergences occur it is time to take a long position in the underperformer and a short position in the overachiever.

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The number of shares short is then compared to the average daily volume, in order to calculate the total number of trading days it would take to close out all of the open short positions if every share traded represented a short position being closed.

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The number of shares short is then compared to the average daily volume, in order to calculate the total number of trading days (at the average volume) it would take to close out all of the open short positions if every share traded represented a short position being closed.

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Traders looking to hedge a short position on the networking sector might consider a May 40 call to take advantage of HRS's momentum and bearish sentiment backdrop.

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