What is Buy Long and Sell Short?

What do buying long and selling short in Futures mean?

 

1. Buy Long:

It means that investors expect that the market will rise in the future, and investors buy a certain number of digital asset spot index contracts.

 

2. Sell Short:

It means that investors expect that the market will fall in the future, and investors sell a certain number of digital asset spot index contracts.

 

Summarize:

Digital asset trading follows the principle of "buy low and sell high". Contract trading can be conducted in both directions — buy and sell. Regardless of the rise and fall of the market, there is a chance to profit.

In the contract trading of digital assets, "Buy long and sell short" is also called "bullish (buy long)" and "bearish (sell short)" . We can choose to make profits by buying long or selling short according to the price fluctuations of the market.