建たて玉ぎょく

noun

position; open interest; outstanding contract

Finance term for the amount of a security, commodity, or derivative that an investor or dealer holds, either owned (long) or owed (short). Also used for the total number of open contracts in a market.

• 建たて玉ぎょくを決けっ済さいするタイミングが難むずかしい。

  It's difficult to time the closing of a position.

• 先さき物もの市し場じょうの建たて玉ぎょくが過か去こ最さい高こうを更こう新しんした。

  Open interest in the futures market hit a record high.