Closing sale - Financial definition
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Concise definition of the term closing sale
A sale of option contracts which offsets (closes) an existing long position.
Comprehensive definition of the term closing sale
When selling option contracts with American exercise style, the seller needs to specify whether he is making a closing sale, in order to avoid being assigned on a short position he was not intending to enter into.