long positions
Owned asset stakes
Long positions are holdings of assets—stocks, futures, currencies—purchased with the expectation that their value will rise.
An investor who is long on Apple owns shares hoping the price increases.
The term contrasts with short positions, where traders profit from price declines.
Going long is the most basic investment strategy: buy low, sell high.
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- assetsOwned items of value
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
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- Commodity Futuresfutures market, futures exchange, hedging, margin calls, delivery dates
- Futures Tradingfutures, futures contract, futures contracts, futures trading, futures exchange
- bull marketstocks, rally, surge, gains, boom
- derivativesderivatives, sequel, option, remake, spinoff
long positionsshort positions
Stakes against asset value
shorts · short sales · short selling · puts · short interest
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