going long

going long definition - finance
Purchasing an investment, usually a futures contract or stock. Long refers to buying, in contrast to short, which means to sell.

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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