open position

noun

An active trade with unrealized profits and losses that has not yet been offset (“closed”) by a corresponding equivalent deal.

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Meanings

nounopen position (plural open positions)

plural open positions

  1. businessAn active trade with unrealized profits and losses that has not yet been offset (“closed”) by a corresponding equivalent deal.

    Mark-to-market is the calculation that shows your unrealized P&L based on where you could close your open positions in the market at that instant.

    2011, Mark Galant, Brian Dolan, Currency Trading For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 52
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, position.
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