Meaning POSITION: A market commitment; the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been entered into. The buyer of a commodity is said to have a long position, and the seller of a commodity is said to have a short position. Related: Open contracts
More terms such as Position in Dictionary P.
- Definition Provisional Call Feature:
- Examples convertible issue that allows the issuer to call the issue during the noncall period if the price of the stock reaches a certain level. In the case of convertible securities, right of an issuer to position definition.
- Definition Put Provision:
- Examples Gives the holder of a floating-rate bond the right to redeem the note at par on the coupon payment date position explain.
- Definition Plant:
- Examples The assets of a business including land, buildings, machinery, and all equipment permanently employed position what is.
- Definition Put Guarantee Letter:
- Examples A bank's letter certifying that the person writing a put option has sufficient funds in an account to cover the exercise price if required position meaning.
- Definition Position Trader:
- Examples A commodities trader who takes a long-term approach in maintaining positions in the market and does not close out of these positions until close to the delivery date position abbreviation.
