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Why are futures long and short positions equal?
Only buying and selling can clinch a deal, and the same bulls always correspond to the same shorts. Otherwise, who sold the long position to him. For example, there are only two of us in this market. I buy 10 lot. I sell 10 lots, and the transaction can only be concluded if the price is right. After the transaction, I hold more than 10 lots. The location of 10 is empty. The total market position is 20 lots. If the third person comes to the market, he sells 65,438+00 lots. If we don't hang up the order, he won't close the deal. If we only buy 10 lots to trade with him, then 10 lots will be replaced by him, and the market still holds 20 lots.

Open position, also known as short position or open position, refers to the quantity of a commodity futures contract that has not been hedged and delivered in kind after buying or selling.

The buyers and sellers of open contracts are equal, and domestic positions are calculated according to the total number of buyers and sellers. If both the buyer and the seller are new positions, two contracts will be added; If one party opens the position and the other party closes the position, the position remains unchanged; If the buyers and sellers close their positions, the positions will be reduced by 2 contracts. When the next opening quantity is equal to the closing quantity, the positions held will remain unchanged.