Long Position

Stocks or other securities that you own.  If you buy a stock you are “Long the Stock”.  Trader create a long position when they think the price will go up.

Our users typically create two stock lists, one for all of their long positions, and one for their short positions.  The alerts server will show bearish alerts for each of the user’s long positions, so the user will know if one of his stocks is moving in the wrong direction.