Flip
a.k.a. Flipping, Stop and reverse
To quickly buy and resell something for a profit, or to switch a position from long to short (or the reverse).
In plain English
To quickly buy and resell something for a profit, or to switch a position from long to short (or the reverse).
To flip an asset is to buy it and sell it again fast, hoping for a quick gain, a word borrowed from house flipping and common in crypto.
Traders also say they 'flipped' when they closed a long and opened a short in one go, because their view reversed. It can be smart, or a sign of indecision dressed up as agility.
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