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unwound

American  
[uhn-wound] / ʌnˈwaʊnd /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of unwind.

unwound British  
/ ʌnˈwaʊnd /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of unwind

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Momentum trades, which have performed very well over the past few quarters, have been getting unwound, DBS Group Research’s Eugene Leow said in commentary.

From The Wall Street Journal

When large positions are unwound, the capital does not vanish.

From MarketWatch

The effect of a mass deleveraging looks set to bleed over into stock markets, and metals aren’t the only crowded trade susceptible to being unwound.

From Barron's

The stock market plummeted and the Treasury market nearly seized up as hedge funds unwound suddenly losing trades.

From Barron's

The RBA has already ruled out further interest-rate cuts and highlighted a persistent inflation problem that could worsen if last year’s monetary accommodation isn’t unwound.

From The Wall Street Journal

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