Long — a position opened in expectation of a price increase: buy now, sell higher later. The default way to hold any asset; with leverage (perpetual futures), gains and losses are multiplied.
The opposite is a short — a bet on the price falling.
Long
formalAlso: long positiongoing long
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The unique identifier of an account or contract on a blockchain.
- ADNLformal
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- AMMformal
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- Blockformal
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- BoCformal
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