Long Position
Investment Dictionary - Long Position
The term position covers any commitment to purchase or sell securities and commodities as well as their actual ownership by individuals and legal entities.
Long position
The term refers to when a person or entity holds or owns a position in a security. This long position would be established by using a buy order and would profit when the price of the security goes higher.
Long Position
Stocks or other securities that you own. If you buy a stock you are "Long the Stock". Trader create a long position when they think the price will go up.
Long position
Definition:
Owning or holding options (i.e., the number of contracts bought exceeds the number of contracts sold). For equities, a Long position occurs when an individual owns securities.
A long position is a term which means that an investor believes that a certain forex currency trading will appreciate over the short or long term and so he has bought an amount of it.
To close a long position, you must sell an equal amount of the same currency pair to reduce your long position to zero.
Applies to Derivative products. Combination of a Long position in a stock/index/commodity and Short position in the Underlying futures, which entails a Cost of carry on the long position.
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Long Positions: The 10 SMA is above the 30 EMA and Williams %R is oversold - BUY
Short Positions: The 10 SMA is below the 30 EMA and Williams %R is overbought - SHORT ...
Long Position
A bull position in a security. To buy or hold a long position is the state of actually owning a stock, security, contact, or commodity. It is the opposite of a short position.
Long-term Gain ...
Long Position: In foreign exchange, when a currency pair is bought, it is understood that the primary currency in the pair is 'long', and the secondary currency is 'short'.
LONG POSITION: Is a position that profits from an increase in price.
LOT: Is the standard size of a transaction; one standard lot is equal to 100,000 units of the base currency, or 10,000 units if it is in a mini account.
Long Position
The state of an investor owning a security.
Long-Term Assets
Value of long term property, equipment and other capital assets minus the depreciation over time.
LONG POSITION
To buy or hold a long position is the state of actually owning a stock, security, contract, or commodity. It is the opposite of a short position.
Long Position
Signifies ownership of securities. "I am long 100 U.S. Steel" means the speaker owns 100 shares. (see Short Position, Short Sale)
Long Term Assets ...
Long position: An investor's position where the number of contracts bought exceeds the number of contracts sold. He is a net holder.
Lots: Number of contract you want to buy or sell ...
Long position Ownership of a security, with attendant rights to income, dividends, etc.
Long-term bonds Bonds with a maturity over 10 years.
Long-term goals Financial goals set by an investor to be reached five years or more in the future.
Long Position : A bull position in a security
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Margin : An upfront payment made by the customer to take position in the market. His exposure limit is fixed based on the margin money brought in by him.
LONG POSITION -- When you buy a stock from the long side, you are purchasing the shares with the hope that they will rise in price. This is the exact opposite of a short sale.
LONG-TERM TREND -- (See "Primary Trend" below.) ...
Long Position Used to describe trading situations in which the amount purchased is greater than the amount sold. Financial institutions can have long positions in any instrument that is traded, such as foreign exchange and specific equities.
Long position - A market position in which the investor has purchased a financial instrument (stock, commodity, currency, etc.) that he or she did not previously own, with the expectation of an increase in value (also known simply as long); ...
Long Position - This is a buy position whereby you profit from an increase in price. In respect of currency pairs: buying the base currency against the quote currency.
Long Position
A position wherein an investor's interest in a particular series of options is as a net holder (i.e., the number of contracts bought exceeds the number of contracts sold).
Long position - A position that appreciates in value if market prices increase. When the base currency in the pair is bought, the position is said to be long.
Long Position is currency purchase, when 'buy' position is opened.
Loss - reduction in deposit amount due to losses.
Lot - the smallest indivisible volume of a selling/buying transaction, at the currency market.
Long position
A long position is created through the purchase of a contract or a security. The investor anticipates increasing exchange prices. Opposite: short position
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Long position
In the cash market, the ownership of securities. In the futures market, the purchase of a futures contract with no offsetting short position. In the options market, the purchase of an option with no offsetting short position.
Long Position
Long Position - Long Position is the buying of a security such as a stock, commodity, or currency, with the expectation the asset will rise in value. In the framework of options, it is the buying of an options contract.
Long position: When you own something you are "long"-you benefit from its price rising.
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Long Position - A financial term that denotes ownership of a security. For example, an investor who is long 100 shares of IBM is an investor
who owns 100 shares of IBM.
Long Position - (1) In a customer's account, securities that are either fully paid for (a cash account) or partially paid for (a margin account). (2) Any position on the firm's security records that has a debit balance.
Long position
Owning or holding options (i.e., the number of contracts bought exceeds the number of contracts sold). For equities, a long position occurs when an individual owns securities.
Long position (options) - An options position where a person has executed one or more options trades where the net result is that they are an "owner" or holder of options (i.e. the number of contracts bought exceeds the number of contracts sold).
Exit long positions when price crosses below the Safezone stop.
Exit short positions when price crosses above the Safezone stop.
Safezone cannot be used to signal entries as with some stop-and-reverse systems.
Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): TICC (10.28), HRS (45.34), RAH (60.75), MENT (11.08), EQY (16.75), PH (78.95) ...
Long Position
In foreign exchange trading, when the base currency in the pair is bought, the position is said to be long in that currency. It is understood that when the base currency in the pair is "long" the second currency will be "short".
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Long position - a position to purchase more of an instrument than is sold, hence, an appreciation in value if market prices increase.
Long Positions
If you buy stock or mutual fund shares hoping they will increase in value, you have taken a long position.
Short Positions ...
(Long position)
Bull spread - an option spread position where you will profit from a rise in the price of the underlying security.
A bear spread is the exact opposite strategy.
A long position may be opened each time a 20/50-EMA crossover buy signal is generated; however, the long-term 50/200-EMA crossover status must be consulted before opening short positions on a 20/50-EMA crossover sell signal.
A long position in Seagate Technology (STX) was initiated when the stock was trading at around 21.50 using the March 22.50 call options. They were purchased for $0.80. The market rallied over the next few weeks, eventually moving up above $24.
A long position is taken when MACD Histogram turns up when below the zero line. A stop-loss order is usually placed just below the final low in the down trend. If concurrent bullish divergences produce a stronger signal then: ...
A long position is when someone buys (holds) a warrant or holds the underlying asset. Contrasts with Short position.
Low
The lowest price a security reached in a certain period of time. Opposite of high.
A long position is a situation in which one purchases a currency pair at a certain price and hopes to sell it later at a higher price. This is also referred to as the notion of "buy low, sell high" in other trading markets.
See: Long Position; Short Position
2: Said of investors who buy securities with the intention of holding them for the long term or using them to take control of the company.
See: Buy And Hold Strategy; Target Company ...
Close long positions when:
The conditions are met to sell short (explained below), or
The Oscillator rises above 50 and then falls below 45, or ...
Once a Long Position is opened, a Sell Stop Order can be placed below your entry price to help minimize any losses you may have.
Initial Long Position
Limit Sell Order
Stop Market Loss Order
Why Use A Bracketed Buy Order ...
For any long position you want to pay as little as possible i.e. zero.
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at which price of option i should enter in long condor to get a maximum profit. for example--if i want long 97call,short99call,short101call,and long 103call.
Having a long position and a price that is moving up after opening the trade, a trailing stop will track the price up-move signaling if price is falling back more than an allowed value.
Value of long position:
Day 1 — 1000 USD
Day 2 — 1100 USD
Day 3 — 550 USD ...
Opening a long position for each pair would, in effect, be like taking EUR/USD and doubling your position. You'd basically be making use of leverage! Mucho profit if all goes right and mucho losses if things go wrong!
3. Diversify risk ...
Put Buyer (Long Position)
Put Seller (Short Position)
Note that tradable options essentially amount to contracts between two parties.
Long (or Long Position)
1. The buying of a security such as a stock, commodity or currency, with the expectation that the asset will rise in value.
2. In the context of options, the buying of an options contract.
Long - the Long position - purchase of the tool counting upon increase of a rate. With reference to currency pairs: purchase of base currency for currency of the quotation. It is operation at which we expect lengthening a following position. I.e.
Long (or Long Position)- the process of buying a stock first, with the intention of selling the stock at a later date at a higher price for a profit.
Used with a long position, the X-Bar Trailing Stop begins as an order to sell at the lowest price of the last "X" number of bars.
You "open" a long position when you buy an option. You must be pre-approved by Schwab to trade options. See Option.
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To close your long position immediately and accept whatever loss / capture whatever remains of your profits.
To monitor your position very closely hoping that the bulls wrestle back control of the market and test the highs again.
I could take a long position or a short position in an index futures contract and buy or sell a major portion of the securities that made up the market and I did not need an up tick to sell the security as you do in shorting stocks.
Once the SBV(26) on a 15-day-day chart advances above the negative signal level (after having been below that level), we will enter a long position (the indicator still shows red); ...
 See also: Position, Long, Market, Trading, Short
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