# Close Specific Position **URL:** \ **Category:** App-Integration\ **Created:** [September 28, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/close-specific-position/2800 "2020-09-28T22:13:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![c8089923](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@c8089923](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/c8089923)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/close-specific-position/2800/1 "2020-09-28T22:13:54Z")
There is a v2 API for closing a position by symbol, but it does not allow users to close specific position by symbol AND side. What happens if I am running two separate strategies, one long, one short, for a symbol? What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![dan\_whitnable](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/dan_whitnable/32/1323_2.png) [@dan\_whitnable](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/dan_whitnable)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/close-specific-position/2800/2 "2020-09-29T06:09:47Z")
Alpaca, and most US brokers, will not allow you to hold both a long and short position of the same equity. Therefore, there will only be one ‘side’ at any given time. ---
**Author:** ![c8089923](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@c8089923](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/c8089923)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/close-specific-position/2800/3 "2020-09-29T19:07:33Z")
Thanks Dan. Appreciate your response. I’ll code around this ‘feature’. Years ago, I worked in the airline space. We were converting system software from using 65x20 character ‘green screen’ displays to pixel-based color displays. The agents insisted on maintaining their 65x20 ‘green screen’ look and feel. It would be great if Alpaca can break the traditional Broker mold.