Open Position

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Definition of 'Open Position'

In investing, any trade that has been established, or entered, that has yet to be closed with an opposing trade. An open position can exist following a buy (long) position, or a sell (short) position. In either case, the position will remain open until an opposing trade has taken place.
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Investopedia explains 'Open Position'

For example, an investor who owns 500 shares of a certain stock is said to have an open position in that stock. When the investor sells those 500 shares, the position will be closed.

Buy-and-hold investors generally have one or more open positions at any given time. Short-term traders may execute "round-trip" trades; a position is opened and closed within a relatively short period of time. Day traders and scalpers may even open and close a position within a few seconds, trying the catch very small, but frequent, price movements throughout the day.

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'Open Position'

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    ... For a brief refresher of these orders, see The Basics of Order Entry.) Forex traders
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    ... position). A person holding a long position (contract purchaser) can buy to
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    ... Likewise, a position opened on Monday at 5:01 pm EST will not be considered an
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  • Using Open Interest To Find Bull/Bear Signals

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    ... Lastly, if the total open interest is falling off and prices are declining, the
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  • How To Use A European Open Forex Strategy

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    ... 32 pips above open) and low (33 pips below open) made after our open of 1.4862. ... pips
    (or the equivalent of our stop), we close out half the position and change ...

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    ... A trailing stop can be entered by right-clicking on an open position in the "Trade"
    tab of the Terminal, and selecting "Trailing Stop" and the desired stop ...

  • Intro To Open Interest In The Futures Market

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    ... The open interest position that is reported each day represents the increase or
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    ... In other words, these contracts are still outstanding or "open". Open interest that
    is held by a trader can be referred to as that trader's position. ...

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    ... The beauty of SPAN is that after calculating the worst-case daily move for one
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