# Manage Open Positions

When an [order ](/help-center/leverage-trading-guide/orders-positions/order-types.md)is executed on the market, a corresponding **position** is being opened according to the set parameters. We've prepared a short video guide on how to open a position using different parameters and orders on Margex:

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All Open positions are reflected in the ‘Open Positions’ section of the [Trade](https://margex.com/app/trade) page:

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Here you can control and manage all of your open positions - review the current stats of your open trades, add/edit Stop Loss or Take Profit, as well as close positions.

## **How to close a position. Full and Partial close.**

To close a position, navigate to the [orders and positions module](/help-center/leverage-trading-guide/trade-interface.md#orders-and-positions-management-section) and click '**Market**' or '**Limit**' button to close a position using a corresponding method.

Your position will be closed either instantly with a [market order](/help-center/leverage-trading-guide/orders-positions/order-types.md#market-order) or by a limit order (i.e [take profit](/help-center/leverage-trading-guide/orders-positions/order-types.md#stop-loss-and-take-profit)):&#x20;

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In the position closure confirmation window, you can select to close your position fully (100%) or partially (from 1 to 99%):

* **FULL** position close - this will result in the trade being closed entirely and PnL being settled accordingly:

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* **PARTIAL** position close - close 1% to 99% of your position (for example if your trade size is $100 then closing 40% of your position will result in the size of your position being reduced by $40 and the profit/loss for this portion of the trade will be settled. The remaining 60% ($60) of the trade will  be active and will continue to generate PnL:

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When managing active orders, it is also possible to set up Take Profit and Stop Loss orders to automatically close a position fully or partially.

## **How to add Stop Loss and/or Take Profit to open positions**

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[Stop Loss and Take Profit](/help-center/leverage-trading-guide/orders-positions/order-types.md#stop-loss-and-take-profit) (SL and TP) orders can be placed from the ‘Open Positions’ section of the [Trade](https://margex.com/app/trade) page by clicking the corresponding field in the **TP/SL** column:

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Now you simply need to select your TP or SL parameters:

* select the portion of the trade to apply the TP or SL to - [ENTIRE](#how-to-close-a-position.-full-and-partial-close) position or [PARTIAL](#how-to-close-a-position.-full-and-partial-close) position
* select the exact portion (quantity) of the trade to be closed via TP or SL (for PARTIAL Position closure only)
* select your desired TP or SL trigger Price$ and ROE%
* click "Confirm" to confirm your TP or SL

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**Take Profit (TP)** protection orders are [limit orders](/help-center/leverage-trading-guide/orders-positions/order-types.md#limit-order) and will be executed accordingly. **Stop Loss** (SL) protection orders are [market orders](/help-center/leverage-trading-guide/orders-positions/order-types.md#market-order) and will be executed accordingly.

## **How to add/remove margin to a position**

Adding or removing margin to/from a position lets traders reduce or increase the amount of their personal margin in a trade (essentially, decreasing or increasing their leverage accordingly).

This feature acts as an additional risk-management tool, allowing traders to employ a wider array of trading strategies by providing more flexibility and control over their trades.

To **increase** or **decrease** the leverage of a position:

1. Click on the Margin value of a position reflected in the ‘Margin’ column of the ‘Open Positions’ section:

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2. In the leverage adjustment window, select the leverage that you want to set and review the changes that will be made to the position:<br>

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3. Click ‘Confirm’ to change your leverage

It is important to keep in mind that changing the leverage of a position will also directly affect the [Estimated liquidation price](/help-center/leverage-trading-guide/how-leverage-works/liquidation.md#isolated-margin-liquidation) of an isolated margin trade.


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