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#The difference between the amount of a foreign currency owned or receivable and the total of the same currency payable under definite contracts. If one exceeds the other, there is an open position.
1. One thousand billion (1,000,000,000,000 or 10<sup>12</sup>).
#Similar situations in relation to other traded assets.  
For example EUR 100 trillion = EUR 100,000,000,000,000.


2. Historically in the UK and some other countries, "trillion" used to refer mathematically to 1


== See also ==
* [[Long position]]
* [[Short position]]

Revision as of 14:20, 23 October 2012

1. One thousand billion (1,000,000,000,000 or 1012). For example EUR 100 trillion = EUR 100,000,000,000,000.

2. Historically in the UK and some other countries, "trillion" used to refer mathematically to 1