问题如下:
Suppose that on a particular day there are 3,000 trades in a futures contract. Of the buyers in those 3,000 trades, 1,800 were closing out positions and 1,200 were taking new positions. Of the sellers in those 3,000 trades, 1,400 were closing out positions and 1,600 were taking new positions. What is the change in open interest during the day? Does it increase or decrease?
解释:
The open interest goes down by 200. This is because there are 1,200 new long positions and 1,400 long positions are closed out (with short trades). Alternatively, there are 1,600 new short positions and 1,400 are closed out (with long trades).
老师好~ 看了之前同学的提问和老师的解答,不是很明白的一点就是:为什么不能直接拿closing的1400和1800做net off。因为李老师上课说了交易是有买有买,证明净头寸long的部分少了400,同时当天new position的short头寸增加400. 我的思路的问题出在哪里呢?