Parties who have sold a futures contract are said to have taken a short position.

出售期货合约的出售者被认为是处在市场空头。

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Other traders may have an opposite view - once 600 is hit, he or she assumes a price reversal and hence takes a short position.

而其他交易员看法相反，一旦价格到达600，他们会进行空仓操作。

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The asymmetry manifests itself in the following way: losing on a long position reduces one's risk exposure while losing on a short position increases it.

不对称以下述方式表现出来：人们在多头头寸上亏损会降低其风险敞口，而在空头头寸上亏损会增加风险敞口。

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We did have a large,short position in subprime mortgage-backed securities, which has paid off enormously for the University and really helped protect assets in the past nine months or a year.

我们确实曾持有很多,次级抵押担保证券的空头,它们为耶鲁赚了不少钱,并且在过去的9个月或1年间,为资产保值发挥了实在的作用

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