41.  Increasing concerns over an global economic slowdown are darkening the demand outlook for next year, prompting funds to liquidate long positions, then sell futures short.

42.  It said traders were seen taking profits on earlier long positions and begining to short the market as they foresee the market has reached its top.

43.  June heating oil expired near unchanged as short-covering, booksquaring, and new long positions on oversold technicals lifted prices in afternoon trade.

44.  Long positions are bets by traders that prices will trend higher while shorts are bets on lower prices.

45.  Management risk has not been satisfactory, with long positions in some cases, insufficiently covered and managed.

46.  Note said traders used the rumor as an opportunity to unwind their long positions against the yen.

47.  Speculative funds were also adding to their long positions, buying futures after recent strong economic data that point to higher demand for copper from industry.

48.  The dealer said prices hit limit down as players liquidated their long positions following the ringgit advances.

49.  There was no news behind the decline in prices, and analysts said the pullback came as speculators unwound long positions established during the recent run-up in prices.

50.  They did not dare take a long position in dollars or in rupiah as the perception was that the rupiah had overshot.