買かい建だて

noun

buy contract; long position

Finance term for a contract to purchase an asset at a future date, or a long position in derivatives trading. Often contrasted with 売り建て (sell contract).

See also: 売り建て

• 先さき物もの市し場じょうで大だい豆ずの買かい建だてを行おこなった。

  We took a long position in soybeans on the futures market.

• 買かい建だてと売うり建だての両りょう方ほうのポジションを持もつことを両りょう建だてという。

  Holding both a long and a short position is called a straddle.