Short covering is the act of buying a stock position to pay back or "cover" shares from a short sale. When you sell a stock short, you are borrowing the money to sell the stock. The borrowed money is ...

Short covering is a stock trading phenomenon that occurs when traders who have previously sold a stock short buy it back to close their position. This process can drive up the stock’s price, ...

Subscribers to Chart of the Week received this commentary on Sunday, January, 11. We’ve spent a lot of oxygen lately on how great 2025 was for stocks. That’s not very contrarian of us. Luckily, Senior ...