How long can you hold a stock position?

Some traders position themselves with investors and want to make money not on short-term movements by sitting at the monitor all day.

And make a successful trade once and hold the position for several months, waiting for the price to reach its maximum level.

It would seem that only the strategy and the current existing trend play the main role here, and the position itself will exist until it is closed by the trader, or until the stop order is triggered.

But unfortunately, not everything is like that, or rather, not everything is like that everywhere.

Lifetime of positions on currency pairs.

As most brokers assure, it is practically unlimited, at least this is the answer we received from almost all brokerage companies .

That is, having opened a deal on a currency pair on Forex, you can wait several years until the rate meets your expectations.

Taking into account leverage amount, which, under unfavorable circumstances, may leave nothing of your deposit. Therefore, when planning, try to calculate the transaction volume so that your deposit can survive any exchange rate fluctuations.

Stock exchange – shares of enterprises.

The situation is similar to forex, that is, a transaction can be held for any amount of time.

Moreover, when purchasing a block of shares, in addition to exchange rate profits, you can also receive income in the form of dividends.

Futures

This type of contract already has a clear execution date, so it will be an unpleasant surprise for you if you expected that copper would rise in price in six months and made a deal to buy futures, and a month later the contract was closed forcibly.

Therefore, when working with futures, always check the expiration dates of the contract, only in this case you will be insured against surprises.

Options.

They are also contracts with a specific expiration date, but unlike futures, you independently set the expiration time of the contract.

Options currently available range from 30 seconds to one day. When opening a trade, you must select a duration from this interval. That is, the maximum term for options is 1 day. Read more about options here - http://time-forex.com/sovet/luchshie-options