How to close trades: OANDA desktop

1. Click the Trades tab

2. Click the row showing the trade

3. Click the CLOSE button

4. Click Submit

1. Click the Account menu at the top-left corner of the platform

2. Click Close All

3. Choose Close All Trades or Close All Orders

1. Click the Positions tab

2. Click the row showing the position

3. At the prompt Are you sure you want to close <instrument name>? click OK to close the position

1. Click the ExposureThe current market value of all the positions a trader holds. Higher exposure magnifies potential gains or losses. tab

2. Click the row detailing the currency/instrument to which you no longer want exposure

3. At the prompt Are you sure you want to close <instrument name>? click OK to close open positions with an exposure of your specified currency/instrument

To reduce a position, open a smaller order of the same currency pair in the opposite direction. If, for example, you wish to reduce a long (buy) position, place a short (sell) order, or vice versa.

The original position is reduced by the number of units of the smaller order in the opposite direction and will be partially closed at the current rate.

In the example below, we have a long trade of EUR/USD.

1. To partially close the trade, click the Sell button

2. Enter the size you wish to close and click Submit

3. On the warning prompt, click OK to partially close the existing trade