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Why is a “long put” called long if you have a higher net position if the price decreases?
You need to interpret "security" appropriately in Wikipedia's definition.  You should think of it as saying: to be long in a put, means the holder of the position owns the put   and will profit if the price of the put goes up And what makes the price of the put go up?  -- the price of the underlying stock going down.