      Market risk (also known as systemic risk) is the risk that aconflicting move in the broader market will pull the stock that you aretrading in the opposite direction of your trade. Systemic risk cannot becompletely eliminated while still leaving the opportunity for profit. Forexample, if a trader were to go long a stock in one account, and then shortthe same stock in a second account, he or she would, net, neither be longnor short. This is what is referred to as delta neutral, flat, or fullyhedged. Any price movement in the stock will have zero effect on thetrader's capital balance. If the market were to crash, the trader wouldneither gain nor lose money. Unfortunately, with this arrangement there isno way for the trader to profit.