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Strategies & Market Trends : Income Taxes and Record Keeping ( tax )
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To: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9 who wrote (739)3/9/1998 12:07:00 AM
From: Colin Cody  Read Replies (1) of 5810
 
Your reference stated: "Shorting-against-the-box is the act of selling short securities that you already own. For example, if you own 200 shares of FON and tell your broker to sell short 200 shares of FON, you have shorted against the box. Note that when you short against the box, you have locked in your gain or loss, since for every dollar the long position gains, the short position will lose."
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This is not correct, IMO. Below I have restated your requirements: "For example, if you own 200 shares of FON and tell your broker to sell short-against-the-box 200 shares of FON, you have shorted against the box."
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Colin
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