Position (finance)

In finance, a position is the amount of a particular security, commodity or currency held or owned by a person or entity.

For other uses, see Position (disambiguation).
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In financial trading, a position in a futures contract does not reflect ownership but rather a binding commitment to buy or sell a given number of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.

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