Long Option Position: The position of an option purchaser (owner) which represents the right to either buy stock (in the case of a call) or to sell stock (in the case of a put) at a specified price (the strike price) at or before some date in the future (the expiration date). It results from an opening purchase transaction e.g., long call or long put.
Long Position: A position wherein an investor's interest in a particular series of options is as a net holder (i.e., the number of contracts bought exceeds the number of contracts sold).
Synthetic Long Stock: A long call position combined with a short put of the same series.
Synthetic Long Put: A short stock position combined with a long call of the same series as that put.
Synthetic Long Call: A long stock position combined with a long put of the same series as that call.
Synthetic Long Call: A long stock position combined with a long put of the same series as that call.
Long Stock position: A position in which an investor has purchased and owns stock.
