When a trader buys a contract to create a net long position.
Refers to purchasing a stock, bond or commodity for investment or speculation. This type of security purchase is called a long position.
Buying a share for speculation: opposite for going short where the operation is that of selling. Speculators who long or short positions do not actually buy or sell shares, nor do they have any intention of doing so.
The investor's purchase of a security for investment or speculation that the price will rise resulting in a profit once the security is sold. See:: long position. Antithesis of going short.
The purchase of a stock, commodity, or currency for investment or speculation.
Buying and holding stock.
Buying futures involves a commitment to buy the underlying asset at a future date at a specified price. This is called going long.
The act of buying a currency pair. For example, if a client bought the EUR/USD, he would be “going long” the Euro.
Someone who expects a futures price to increase over a given period of time can seek to profit by buying futures contracts. The futures contract can later be sold for the higher price, yielding profits. Because of leverage, the gain or loss may be greater than the initial margin deposit.
A purchase of a security that creates a "long position." The opposite of going long is "going short," when investors sell a security they do not own and hence, a short position is created. See: Going Short; Long Position; Short Position
investing in the leading currency (for example USD/JPY = 1.243)
Taking a long position, or buying a security, on the expectation that the price will rise.