Short position is a technical term in futures trading. Generally speaking, it refers to the operation that short positions take the initiative to close positions, sell realized futures contracts at the upcoming high price (relatively speaking), and then invest money to buy them back at the current low price. Because futures are matched, you must have a counterparty to trade. The empty level corresponds to how flat or empty. The active departure of a large number of empty positions indicates that there is no room for decline, or it has reached the expected position; Or think that the market outlook is unclear and you need to take the initiative to leave. When the bears leave, the market will think that they have fallen to the right position, and it is only a matter of time before the market outlook is bullish.

1, short. Short position refers to lightening the position, but the absolute value of lightening the position is less than the current quantity, which belongs to active buying. For example, suppose three people are counterparties, in which A has five long positions, B has five short positions and C has no positions; If Party A wants to close some positions, it will sell 3 positions; Party C thinks that the market will fall and sells 2 positions; If Party B also wants to close the position, it will sell five positions at the current price (selling price), and the disk shows: empty (short), spot transaction 10, position difference -6. If it is a long position, B will take the initiative to close the position, and A can then close the position.

2. Short positions are usually because investors expect that the current futures price has reached the expected low point, or there are signs that the current decline has stopped falling, or the short position has gone in the wrong direction from the stop loss order. At this point, investors basically have a certain profit or a small loss.

3. Short position closing refers to lightening the position, but the absolute value of lightening the position is less than the current position, which belongs to active buying. For example, suppose there are three people as counterparties, in which A has five long positions, B has five short positions and C has no positions; If A wants to close a part of the position, he will throw out three selling positions; If c thinks that the market will fall, he will throw out a lot of selling and opening positions; At this time, B will also close the position, and he will hang out five batches of current (selling) buying positions. The panel will display: short position (short position), open position 10 batch, position difference -6. If it is a long position, take B as the initiative to hang the liquidation instruction, and A can close the position later.