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. An owner of 1,000 shares [..]

Refers to ownership of securities.

A situation in which an investor or dealer holds onto shares, etc., which they have purchased, expecting them to rise in value in the future.

Opposite of a short position, a person with a long position has acquired an asset (or a currency) and is holding it in expectation that it will rise in value.

Having a long position in a stock means you own the security. You have the right to collect the dividends or interest the security pays, the right to sell it or give it away when you wish, and the right to keep any profits if you do sell. Similarly, you have a long position in an option when you hold the option, and you have the right to exercise i [..]

Definition The state of actually owning a security, contract, or commodity. also called long. opposite of short.

A position in which a particular asset (such as a spot or forward currency) has been purchased.

When an investor stands to benefit from a rise in the price of an asset, they are said to have a 'long position' or simply to be 'long the asset'. This is the case where an investo [..]

refers to the owning of a security, like a stock, asset or bond, which isn't necessarily profitable now, but will be further or longer down the line. To 'be long' in a security means yo [..]

A market position in which the trader has bought a futures contract or options on futures contract that does not offset a previously established short position.

A long position, the opposite of short position, represents the ownership position of an asset; when the asset's value increases, the position increases in value and when the asset's value d [..]

An investors position where the number of contracts bought exceeds the number of contracts sold. He is a net holder.

The state of an investor owning a security.

To have greater inflows than outflows of a given currency. In foreign exchange operations, long positions arise when the amount purchased of a given currency is greater than the amount sold.

In the securities or commodity trade, the position of owning or holding more of a given security or commodity than one has contracted to deliver in future (i.e. the number of contracts bought exceeds [..]

A long position in an investment indicates a current ownership in that investment which would increase in value as the underlying asset(s) increase in value, opposite of a short position.

the purchase of an asset. Lot

An investor's ownership of securities held by a brokerage firm.

An investors position where the number of contracts bought ex ceeds the number of contracts sold. He is a net holder.

A market position where the Client has bought a currency he previously did not hold own. Normally expressed in base currency terms, e.g., long Dollars (short D.Marks).

A position of a futures contract buyer which requires the buyer to accept a delivery unless the contract is liquidated with an offsetting sale.

A market position where the client has bought a currency he/she previously did not hold/ own. 

To go long means to buy a share or other security in expectation of a rising market. A long position on a futures exchange is where a dealer is a net holder of contracts, i.e. contracts bought outweighs contracts sold.

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. An owner of 1,000 shares [..]

When you own something you are "long"-you benefit from its price rising.