Types of Position Mode

 One-Way Mode

In one-way mode, users can only hold positions in one direction under one contract. To illustrate this, if you open a short position, anticipating that the price will go down in the longer timeframe, but in the meanwhile wanted to open a long to do a trade for a shorter time frame. You are unable to open positions in both directions at the same time. Opening positions in both directions would result in canceling one another out.

Hedge Mode

In hedge mode, users can hold positions in both long and short directions at the same time under the same contract. For example, you could now hold both long and short positions of the BTC/USDT contract at the same time.