long position definition

long position

Situation where an investor purchases (or contracts to purchase) commodities, financial instruments, and shares, etc., with the intention of holding them in anticipation of a price increase. An investor with a long position is a bull speculator, and will receive delivery of the actual commodity, instrument, or share if he or she holds the position into the delivery period (instead of offsetting it with a counter-contract). Opposite of short position. Also called long.

long position is in the Commodities & Precious Metals Trading, Currency Trading, Investing and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.

long position appears in the definitions of the following terms: naked option, covered position, spread, even spread, long straddle, short position, going long, long, combination, convertible arbitrage and

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