## Close Positions

**delete** `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/positions`

Delete all positions within an account.

Closes all positions for the specified trading account.

### Path Parameters

- `account_id: number`

### Body Parameters

- `cancel_orders: optional boolean`

  Whether to cancel existing open orders for the position before submitting closing orders.

### Returns

- `data: OrderList`

  - `id: string`

    Engine-assigned unique identifier for this order (UUID).

  - `account_id: number`

    Account placing the order

  - `client_order_id: string`

    Client-provided identifier echoed back (FIX tag 11).

  - `created_at: string`

    Timestamp when order was created (UTC)

  - `filled_quantity: string`

    Cumulative filled quantity

  - `instrument_id: string`

    OEMS instrument UUID for the traded instrument.

  - `instrument_type: SecurityType`

    Type of security

    - `"COMMON_STOCK"`

    - `"PREFERRED_STOCK"`

    - `"OPTION"`

    - `"CASH"`

    - `"OTHER"`

  - `leaves_quantity: string`

    Remaining unfilled quantity

  - `order_type: OrderType`

    Type of order (MARKET, LIMIT, etc.)

    - `"MARKET"`

    - `"LIMIT"`

    - `"STOP"`

    - `"STOP_LIMIT"`

    - `"TRAILING_STOP"`

    - `"TRAILING_STOP_LIMIT"`

    - `"OTHER"`

  - `quantity: string`

    Total order quantity

  - `side: Side`

    Side of the order (BUY, SELL, SELL_SHORT)

    - `"BUY"`

    - `"SELL"`

    - `"SELL_SHORT"`

    - `"OTHER"`

  - `status: OrderStatus`

    Current status of the order

    - `"PENDING_NEW"`

    - `"NEW"`

    - `"PARTIALLY_FILLED"`

    - `"FILLED"`

    - `"CANCELED"`

    - `"REJECTED"`

    - `"EXPIRED"`

    - `"PENDING_CANCEL"`

    - `"PENDING_REPLACE"`

    - `"REPLACED"`

    - `"DONE_FOR_DAY"`

    - `"STOPPED"`

    - `"SUSPENDED"`

    - `"CALCULATED"`

    - `"OTHER"`

  - `symbol: string`

    Trading symbol

  - `time_in_force: TimeInForce`

    Time in force instruction

    - `"DAY"`

    - `"GOOD_TILL_CANCEL"`

    - `"IMMEDIATE_OR_CANCEL"`

    - `"FILL_OR_KILL"`

    - `"GOOD_TILL_DATE"`

    - `"AT_THE_OPENING"`

    - `"AT_THE_CLOSE"`

    - `"GOOD_TILL_CROSSING"`

    - `"GOOD_THROUGH_CROSSING"`

    - `"AT_CROSSING"`

    - `"OTHER"`

  - `updated_at: string`

    Timestamp of the most recent update (UTC)

  - `venue: string`

    MIC code of the venue where the order is routed

  - `average_fill_price: optional string`

    Average fill price across all executions

  - `details: optional array of string`

    Contains execution, rejection or cancellation details, if any

  - `expires_at: optional string`

    Timestamp when the order will expire (UTC). Present when time_in_force is GOOD_TILL_DATE.

  - `extended_hours: optional boolean`

    Whether the order is eligible for extended-hours trading.

  - `limit_offset: optional string`

    Limit offset for trailing stop-limit orders (signed)

  - `limit_price: optional string`

    Limit price (for LIMIT and STOP_LIMIT orders)

  - `queue_state: optional QueueState`

    Parent order queue state, present when the order is awaiting release or released.

    - `"AWAITING_RELEASE"`

    - `"RELEASED"`

  - `releases_at: optional string`

    Scheduled release time for orders awaiting release.

  - `stop_price: optional string`

    Stop price (for STOP and STOP_LIMIT orders)

  - `trailing_limit_px: optional string`

    Current trailing limit price computed by the trailing strategy

  - `trailing_offset: optional string`

    Trailing offset amount for trailing orders

  - `trailing_offset_type: optional TrailingOffsetType`

    Trailing offset type for trailing orders

    - `"PRICE"`

    - `"BPS"`

  - `trailing_stop_px: optional string`

    Current trailing stop price computed by the trailing strategy

  - `trailing_watermark_px: optional string`

    Trailing watermark price for trailing orders

  - `trailing_watermark_ts: optional string`

    Trailing watermark timestamp for trailing orders

  - `underlying_instrument_id: optional string`

    OEMS instrument ID of the option's underlying instrument. Populated only
    for OPTIONS orders; `null` for non-options and for options whose underlier
    cannot be resolved from the instrument cache.

### Example

```http
curl https://api.clearstreet.com/v1/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/positions \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "account_id": 19816,
      "average_fill_price": null,
      "created_at": "2025-10-03T14:01:15.000000000Z",
      "filled_quantity": "0",
      "id": "019c0b57-0850-7b0b-8a2c-5ee3fb5a5876",
      "instrument_id": "c3c4c5c6-d3d4-e3e4-f3f4-f5f6f7f8f9fa",
      "instrument_type": "COMMON_STOCK",
      "leaves_quantity": "25",
      "limit_price": null,
      "order_type": "MARKET",
      "quantity": "25",
      "side": "SELL",
      "status": "PENDING_NEW",
      "stop_price": null,
      "symbol": "GOOG",
      "time_in_force": "DAY",
      "updated_at": "2025-10-03T14:01:15.000000000Z",
      "venue": "XNMS"
    }
  ],
  "error": null,
  "metadata": {
    "request_id": "3f4a5b6c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c-3d4e5f6a7b8c"
  }
}
```