The total amount of a security that the trader is either long or short that...
An interest in the market in terms of financial instruments. For instance if a dealer has a short position it has an excess amount of sales over purchases of that security. A long position describes an excess of purchases over sales of that security. Position taking involves holding long or short positions in order to profit from price movements in the market. Short positions are settled (or closed) at the end of the day by purchasing the amount of securities you are short.
what stocks you are either long or short in your account
Financial stake in a security or in the market as a whole. If you own shares of a stock, you are said to have a "long position" in that stock. If you have borrowed stock (as in a short sale), you are said to have a "short position" in that stock.
A trader's stance in regard to a market. For example, a trader would create a long position by purchasing an instrument.
An interest in a market, either long or short.
A determining factor for vowel quantity. A vowel that is naturally short becomes long when followed by two consonants. In such cases the vowel is said to be long by position (or to "make position"). Vowels followed by a stop- liquid consonant combination rarely make position.
Noun: The number of shares or units owned in a particular security if long, the number of shares or units owed, if short. Eg, “My position in Tiger Oats is 2000 shares.” Verb: To buy or sell a particular security. Eg, “Try to position yourself in Sandoz between 1400 & 1450.
Commitment or interest in the futures market. Example: a trader who has purchased a July Soymeal contract holds a long position. A short position is to have sold futures/call options or bought puts. Long positions are buying futures/call options and selling puts. A position is determined by weighing the number of long positions against the number of short positions (including options).
A position is a trading view expressed for buying or selling. It refers to the amount of a currency either owned or owed by a trader.
The outstanding contracts that a trader is holding in his/her account.
An interest in the market, either long or short. Once an investor has bought or sold to enter the market, they have taken a position.
A commitment, either long or short, in the market.
Refers to the net exposure a trader has to a particular issue or the market in general.
A word used to mean a commitment to an investment or assets or market In addition, a buyer of a futures contract has a long position while the seller of a futures contract has a short position.
All futures transactions in a futures and options contract are submitted to a new evaluation at the respective current market price and summarized into one position at the market price.
A long or short interest in the market represented by one or more open contracts.
a market commitment expressed by buying or selling
a measure of a commitment in a given currency
an amount of money committed to an investment in anticipation of favorable price movements
This term describes your net market participation. A buyer of futures contracts is referred to as holding a long position and a seller of futures contracts is referred to as holding a short position.
The balance of assets (loans, spot and forward purchases) and liabilities (deposits, spot and forward sales) in a currency.
A position is a trading view expressed by buying or selling. It can refer to the amount of a currency either owned or owed by an investor.
A market commitment to go long (buy) or short (sell) a security or commodity. It also refers to the amount of securities or commodities owned (long position) or owed (short position).... read full article
All securities (shares, bonds, etc.) or currencies held by a fund.
The aggregation of all trades made in a currency pair. If the position is open, it is exposed to market risk. If a position is closed, profit/loss has been realized.
The netted total commitments in a given currency. A position can be either flat or square (no exposure), long, (more currency bought than sold), or short ( more currency sold than bought).
An interest in the market, either long or short, in the form of open contracts. (See open interest.)
Investing & Trading: The number of contracts or shares currently held long or short is said to be someone’s current market position. (Short sellers usually are not considered to be "investors," although someone holding a long-term short position may view their position as an investment in the anticipated failure of a company.)
Open contracts indicating an interest in the market, be it short or long.
The relationship of total mortgages in inventory to total investor commitments.
The sum of a trader's open contracts or trades in a particular instrument.
A market commitment. A buyer of a futures contract is said to have a long position and, conversely, a seller of futures contracts is said to have a short position.
The buyer of an asset is said to have a long position and the seller of an asset is said to have a short position.
Specific securities in an account or strategy. A covered call writing position might be long 1,000 XYZ and short 10 XYZ January 30 calls. It also refers to facilitate; buy or sell a block of securities, thereby establishing a position.
The netted total holdings of a given currency.
Money-market, futures, foreign-exchange and sharemarket traders talk of 'taking a position' which simply means buying or selling one currency cross. 'Position' can also refer to a trader's cash/securities/currencies balance, whether he or she is short of cash, has money to lend, is overbought or oversold in a currency, etc.
An interest in the market in the form of open contracts which have not been liquidated.
A person's interest in the market, either long or short, in the form of open contracts.
The status of our orders (sales and purchases), so arranged as to show how much scrap we have sold and how much bought. When shipments have been made, the net status of the sales and purchases is adjusted. The various grades we handle are grouped so as to be readily analyzed and we state our "position" as to whether we are long (have excess purchased) or short (have excess sold) by the major grades recorded. Our position is a form of inventory control by which our needs to sell or buy are made obvious to us. Brokerage position is also a form of inventory control, except the inventory is in our shipper's hands, rather than in ours.
A market commitment; the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been entered into. The buyer of a commodity is said to have a long position and the seller of a commodity is said to have a short position . Related: open contracts
A view expressed by a trader through the buying or selling of currencies, and can also refer to the amount of currency either owned or owed by an investor.
(1) The balance shown by an account.(2) The commitment undertaken by an investor on the foreign exchange or securities markets, i.e. the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been concluded. See Long position and Short position. Français: Position Español: Posición
The net total of a trader's open contracts, either long or short, in a particular underlying commodity.
The total of an option trader's open contracts in a particular underlying security;A market commitment. For example, a purchaser of a futures contract has a long position, while a seller of a futures contract has a short position.
The net total holdings of a given foreign currency.
In trading, the net total of a traderâ€(tm)s underlying commodity contract status in the market, long or short.
long or short market commitment, an obligation, or right, to make or take delivery.
A market commitment. A buyer of a security is said to have a long position and, conversely, a seller of a security is said to have a short position.
The amount of currency or security owned or owed by an investor. Quote: The offer price of a security.
An interest in the market, either long or short, in the form of one or more open contracts. The purchase of a contract would enter a "long" position; the sale of a contract would enter a "short" position.
To buy or sell a security and thereby become long or short in such security.
An interest in the market, either long or short, in the form of one or more open contracts. Also, "in position" refers to a commodity located where it can readily be moved to another point or delivered on a futures contract. Commodities not so situated are "out of position." Soybeans in Mississippi are out of position for delivery in Chicago, but in position for export shipment from the Gulf.
An obligation to perform in the futures or options market. A long position is an obligation to buy. A short position is an obligation to sell. See also call option and put option.
