Trading and Financial Assets
In derivatives trading or for financial instruments, the concept of a position is used heavily. There are two basic types of position: a long and a short.
Traded options will be used in the following explanations. The same principle applies for futures and other securities. For simplicity, only one contract is being traded in these examples.
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