Short positions refer to investors selling a certain number of futures contracts. Investors can choose to close their positions in advance before the contract expires; If you hold the contract until the last trading day, you must settle the futures trading through cash delivery.
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Speaking of stocks, it is generally known that making a first-hand transaction means buying at a low price and then selling at a high price, so as to make money. Then this behavior is called long position opening and long position closing. The direction of the transaction is upward. The popular saying is "long" and generally speaking, "short" that stocks don't understand is not feasible in stocks, because stocks are one-way transactions, and they can only make up orders, not reverse them.
"Short" means to make a bearish order at a high price and then close the position at a low price to make money, and the trading direction is to make a decline. This kind of trading behavior is short position opening and short position closing. The popular saying is "short". This understanding is clear, and it is easy to understand when you change hands. This statement was actually executed twice. Close short positions first, and then open long positions. Because the operating point is at the same point, the transaction details are represented by short-selling hands.