Action taken by a trader or investor to buy a financial instrument in anticipation of rising value.
The logical trader takes a long position at a price when he expects the it to rise. For example, if a trader takes a long position in the USD/JPY, he or she is anticipating that the US Dollar will rise in value relative to the Japanese Yen.
Opposite of short position.
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US equity futures still well bid (+0.60%) but currencies are tracking a little more cautiously. We prefer to stay sidelined today.
EUR underperforming this morning due to rise in Spanish bond yields. Best bet still to sell EUR at this point #eur #fxtalk
Thursday's flash Eurozone manuf & services PMIs will be anything but flashy. we're talking readings of 45.0 & 44.0 here #forex The Week Ahead in some of the UK Data http://t.co/O2YkjstU #forex #ftse
RT @Noniesin: GM @SE1_Trading @piptee @tradercisco @kosentrade @yeeron @50Pips @PowerLineTrader @MOOSE_FX @butchbelano @neo761 > GM & GL! Now EURUSD has done all the obvious things . Now it gets really interesting.. Video Update on http://t.co/EqiZqEjC #eur #forex $GBPUSD: News that Barclays is looking to sell its USD6.1B stake in Blackrock hasn't really been impacting the market on Monday.
What a great TFL TV session today. Thanks for joining us - we'll be back at 9pm GMT, which is Gorgeous Macho Time In other words: the initial extreme is often a warning that the trend is only going to intensify. Tops/bottoms only clear in hindsight. Re: The extreme $EURUSD COT: I never try and catch a falling knife. Could EUR rally on short-covering? Sure. But can remain quite extreme. $USDOLLAR http://t.co/FyRBSPhT SSI snapshot shows moderation in positions but traders still net-short USD. $EURUSD http://t.co/mU5gO9Ru COT positioning shows Non-commercials the most short Euros in history. Quite significant. REPORT: Check out our "Morning Slices" report at http://t.co/m9SZgZKe for an overview of the latest developments. RT @PipCzar: sold $USDCAD at 1.0200 short, stops above trend highs > we are together again...
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