Short selling is an investment term and a way of operating financial assets. Contrary to bulls, bears borrow the underlying assets first, then sell them to get cash. After a period of time, they spend cash to buy the underlying assets and return them. The common functions of shorting are speculation, financing and hedging.

Going long is a term used in financial markets such as stocks, foreign exchange or futures: buying and holding stocks, foreign exchange or futures, waiting for them to rise and make a profit. Long is long. When bulls judge that the market is rising, they will buy stocks immediately, so long means buying stocks, foreign exchange or futures.

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Going long is just the opposite of shorting. Investors judge the rise of the stock market, buy at the current price, then hold shares until the rise, and then sell them after the stock, foreign exchange or futures rise to earn the difference in the middle. Generally speaking, they buy first and then sell.

Going long is a very common mode of operation in the stock, foreign exchange or futures markets. In particular, at present, the China stock market has only multiple mechanisms, and it can only be bought first and then sold. In this way, you can only profit from the rising market of stocks, foreign exchange or futures.

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