Forced sale definition

Forced sale means there was a substantial long position (it could be by one individual/fund or many individuals/funds), then sumething unexpected happened and these individual(s)/fund(s) are now all selling usually all at the same time. Forced buying is the opposite to forced sale. Forced buying means a substantial short position is forced to cover very quickly.

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