Those funds still carry a notable long position in the market, however.

For every long position there must be a corresponding short position.

Icahn has taken a long position on the stock and Ackman is short.

A long position is a bet the price of an asset will increase.

Goldman sold the shares to offset the long position created by the transaction.

I don't really feel comfortable keeping a long position heading into Friday and Monday here.

I don't want to bet on an extreme long position or an extreme short position.

That's the smallest long position in over a year and the biggest weekly reduction ever.

At this point, the existing long position is exited and a new short position is established.

The other fund will hold long position in crude oil and will short natural gas contracts.

In that strategy, calls are sold as a way to generate income on a long position.

The current level was the group's highest net long position in U.S. crude since June 2015.

A member of Porges's household holds a long position in Vertex, according to his research note.

Investors have not held a net long position in spring wheat in more than two years.

I was lucky enough to have a long position so I didn't have to do anything.

The CFTC net long position is only 5,054 contracts, so relatively small.