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Short covering

Derivatives

Existing short positions being closed by buying back, visible in the data as price rising while open interest falls.

In plain terms

A rally with no new buyer behind it. It has a natural end point — when the covering finishes, so does the move.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya