going long
Sprinting toward endzone
Going long is taking a position that profits if an asset's price rises—buying stocks, futures, or other securities with the expectation of selling later at a higher price.
The opposite of going short.
I'm going long on tech stocks.
In American football, going long means running a deep pass route downfield: Go long and I'll throw it to you.
- buyingObtaining through payment
- stop-lossAutomatic sell trigger
- trend forecastingAnticipating future preferences
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- patienceCalm during delays
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- trading slangbull, short, dip, pump, diamond hands
- tradingbid, buy, ask, sell, trading
- Wall Streetstock market, bond market, stocks, shares, Wall Street
going longgoing short
Selling borrowed assets
checkdown · screen pass · swing pass · short pass · quick pass
going longgoing short
Selling borrowed assets
shorting · short selling · selling short · hedging · put option
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