long position

Few investors sought to hold long positions ahead of the weekend.

I had taken a $10 million long position, betting that the dollar would rise.

A trader takes a long position by buying low and selling high.

"The way the market has been acting, there is absolutely no reason for the commercials to change their long position," he added.

"We saw a lot of people taking profit on long positions.

"A long position as a result of that trading would potentially send a different message to markets."

Analysts said that as yields came down, the managers were taking longer positions.

They do not want to be caught holding longer positions during any change in interest-rate direction.

If the long position makes a profit on his futures position.

The other side of these contracts are held by speculators, who must therefore hold a net long position.

Days before the trading figures were due, when it should have recommended a long position, the firm was likely to recommend going short.

Meanwhile, life and the general mood conspired to compound his long position.

It can also be used to advantage in a declining market when you want to enter a long position close to the bottom after turnaround.

Once the short position has been entered, it serves to balance the long position taken earlier.

And few market participants were willing to hold long positions before the Federal Reserve's policy meeting next week.

For example the covered call is a combination of a written call and a long position in the underlying security.

One variant of selling short involves a long position.

The institutional manager would have access to the cash for overnight investment and maintains a long position in the stock.

The majority of the open interest was believed to represent long positions, or wagers that prices would rise.

Turn the camera on, push the power zoom button, and the lens sets itself quickly at its long position.

Unless they're carrying their own long positions, they make money on their transactions either way.

This put a floor under the price that the brokers would obtain on liquidating their long positions.

Simply put, if the stock market rises, the long positions make money and the shorts lose money.

To meet these objectives such strategies typically involve long positions in selected instruments.

With most market participants reluctant to hold long positions over a three-day weekend, there was added downward pressure on prices.