Long Definition
Long means to buy or own a stock. It is the opposite of short.
Extra Insight: Hints on usage:
- If you are bullish, you might “buy long” or “get long” or “go long”.
- Or, if you are bearish, you “might “sell or ”sell short” or ”get short” or ”go short” or “short”.
- If you say, ” I am shorting”, that means you are trading in a very bearish way.
- If you say, “I am longing”, that means you are wanting, not trading.
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Updated: 11/12/08.
October 24th, 2008 Filed under GlossaryTags: backtesting, long
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