Answer by: Joseph -
19 Oct 2016, 09:32:01
If you are buying currency, you are opening a 'long' position, if selling - 'short'. For example, if you buy 1 lot of EUR/USD, it means you open a long position for 100,000 of EUR against USD. And if you sell 10 lots of USD/CAD that means you open short position for 1 milion of USD versus CAD.