Look up: unwind

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   Unwind
   Is the activity which reverses a position. If an investor was long an option spread then he would sell the position to close it. If the investor had a butterfly position in bonds, then she would have to offset each leg or wing to remove the trade. Unwind can refer to Long Liquidation or Shortcovering activities.
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   unwind
   [v] - separate the tangles of 2. [v] - reverse the winding or twisting of
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   unwind
   reverse a securities transaction through an offsetting transaction Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • to show explicitly and in full all the instructions used during a loop Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • all that is necessary...is to unwind the long continuous filaments from the cocoons.....the filaments...are reeled stead...
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   unwind
   unroll verb reverse the winding or twisting of; `unwind a ball of yarn`
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   Unwind
   `Unwind` is the second album from post-grunge band Oleander. It is their second album released on Universal Records. The song `Halo` was included in the soundtrack of the film `American Pie 2`. The song `Champion` became a hit and a symbol of the sacrifice of firefighters during the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York.
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   Unwind
   • (v. t.) To disentangle. • (v. i.) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted. • (v. t.) To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.
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