The net total exposure in a given currency. A position can be either flat or square (no exposure), long (more currency bought than sold), or short (more currency sold than bought).
Position
Related Terms
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The term “flat” in the trading world is a versatile one, referring to both a type of position a trader can hold and a specific type of market condition.
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The Commitment of Traders (COT) report is a weekly publication that shows the aggregate holdings of different participants in the U.S. futures market. Each Friday, the CFTC (US Commodity Futures...
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Net position refers to the amount of a particular security or asset owned (long position) or owed (short position) by a trader.
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The NAAIM Exposure Index shows how active risk managers have changed their clients’ accounts over the past two weeks.
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Forex stands for “foreign exchange” and refers to the buying or selling of one currency in exchange for another. While it is called “foreign” exchange, this is just a relative term. The terms “foreign” and “domestic” are relative to the person using the term. What is foreign to someone is considered domestic to another. “Currency exchange” […]