Position Building The accumulation of a long or short position in such a manner as to not push the security's price up or down. This method of slowly building a large position is used by institutional investors.
Position building Buying shares to build up a long position or selling shares to create a short position in a particular security or group of securities. Position diagram Diagram showing the possible payoffs from a derivative investment.
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. Position building ...
See also: Asked price, Plus tick, Hostile takeover, Minus tick, T-bill
 
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