Buy To Open

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A term used by many brokerages to repsent the opening of a long position in option transactions.

Investor can buy to open either (or a combination of) puts or calls, and thus will be holding the option(s) long. The distinguishing factor of a buy to open is that the option position is not held short in the account during the transaction.