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Every investor is a pair trader

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Nov 22, 2025 · 10:14

This year I have started trading pairs; a combination of long and short positions in (correlated) stocks. For example long Bitcoin and short MicroStrategy. Thereby betting on the Bitcoin price relative to MicroStrategy instead of the dollar. `(BTC/USD)/(MSTR/USD) = BTC/MSTR`

Recently I realised that every investor is a pair trader.

When you buy Nvidia stock you are long Nvidia and short dollar.