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position definition - finance
A traderÂ’s or investorÂ’s financial commitment to a particular security. A long position means that the person owns shares or futures contracts. A short position means that shares or contracts have been sold even though the trader does not own them.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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