Positions¶

cTrader opens a position when one of your orders is filled after the conditions for its order type are met.

All open positions are listed in the Positions tab of the Positions app. To see the positions on one symbol only, open its symbol overview and switch to the Positions tab there.

Manage positions¶

Tap a position in the Positions tab to open its menu. The menu has four tabs: Modify, Protect, Chart and Details. It opens on Modify by default.

Tip

Tap in the upper-right corner to share the position as a signal link.

Modify positions¶

In the Modify tab you can:

Sell/Buy – set the trading direction.
Quantity/Volume – change the trade size.
Double – open an additional position of the same volume and direction.
Reverse – close the position and open one of the same volume in the opposite direction.
Close – close the position at the current market price, which the button carries.

The tab also reports:

Entry price – the price the position opened at.
Bid and Ask – the current prices for the symbol.
Used margin – the amount the position ties up in your account.
Net P&L – what the position is worth if you close it now.

Note

Changing direction with Sell/Buy or Reverse closes your current exposure with an offsetting deal, realising its profit or loss (P&L). cTrader then opens a new position on the opposite side. You cross the spread again, swaps restart, and your stop loss and take profit must be reapplied.

Tap Modify to save your changes. Until you change the trade direction or size it stays disabled, with the hint Leave size intact beneath it.

Protect positions¶

In the Protect tab you can set or change:

Take profit – set or modify the take-profit levels.
Stop loss – set or modify the stop-loss protection.
Trailing stop loss – enable or modify a trailing stop loss.
Break-even – set or modify the break-even protection.

Tap Modify protection to save. Setting the levels works the same way as it does when you place an order, described in Protections.

View on the chart¶

A position on the chart in cTrader Mobile

In the Chart tab, the position appears on the symbol chart as a position control, so you can see where it sits against the price.

Tap to go full screen and manage the position with chart trading.

Tap the period selector next to to change the chart period.

Position details¶

The Details tab collects the full record for the position, grouped into cards:

Info

Position ID – the unique position identifier.
Symbol – the traded symbol.
Current quantity – the current size of the position, in lots and units.
Opening time – the date and time the position was created.
Entry price – the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of the deals executed to open the position.
Margin – the margin used to open and maintain the position.
Status – the current status of the position.
Current direction – the direction of the position, buy or sell.
Last modified – the date and time of the most recent change to the position.

Protections

Current SL – the current stop-loss level.
SL distance (pips) – the distance between the stop loss and the current price.
Current TP – each active take-profit level.
TP distance (pips) – the distance between the take-profit level and the current price.

Note

A dash means the protection is not set.

Unrealised P&L, which applies if you close the position now, and Realised P&L, already secured through partial closes or reversals:

Swaps – the swaps paid or earned.
Broker commission – the commission charged by your broker.
Copying commission – the commission charged by a strategy provider in cTrader Copy.
Conversion fee – the currency conversion fee.
Gross P&L – profit or loss before fees.
Net P&L – profit or loss after fees.

Additional info

Label – a tag that may be added by a cBot.
Comment – the comment sent with the order that opened the position, if set.
Channel – the platform the position was opened from.

Close positions¶

Closing a position executes an offsetting deal at the best available market price. The profit or loss that was unrealised while the position was open is realised and applied to your balance. The position then moves to the History tab.

Note

cTrader also closes positions automatically when a stop loss or take profit is triggered, or when your account reaches your broker's stop-out level.

You can close positions individually or in bulk.

Positions tabChartClose positions screen

Tap the next to the position you want to close.

Closing one position from the Positions tab

Tap to close the position fom chart trading.

Tap Close positions beneath the position list, if you want to close the positions in bulk. Set the direction, P&L and symbols you want to close, then tap Close positions, which counts what your criteria match.