# Closing all positions before 10 minutes to end market day

**URL:** https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/closing-all-positions-before-10-minutes-to-end-market-day/11480
**Category:** Getting Started with Alpaca
**Created:** [January 1, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/closing-all-positions-before-10-minutes-to-end-market-day/11480 "2023-01-01T14:55:47Z")
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### Author: ![AlexL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@AlexL](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/AlexL)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/closing-all-positions-before-10-minutes-to-end-market-day/11480/1 "2023-01-01T14:55:47Z")

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Hello there!

This code obliges you to close all positions at the end of the trading session (10 minutes before the US Market closes). Docs: [Clock | Alpaca Docs](https://alpaca.markets/docs/api-references/trading-api/clock/)

```auto
            current_time = api.get_clock().timestamp.timestamp()
            closing_time = api.get_clock().next_close.timestamp()
            future_time = current_time + (10 * 60) // 600 sec

            if future_time > closing_time:
                try:
                    portfolio = api.list_positions()

                    for position in portfolio:

                        self.alpaca.close_position(position.symbol)
                        time.sleep(1)

                except Exception as e:
                    logger.error(f"--- ERROR --- {e} ---")                               
            else:
                // call to trade function

```

Output:

```auto
current_time: 1672443283
closing_time: 1672779600 
future_time: 1672443883

```

At first glance, it seems that everything is in order, the metric data was received after **the closing of the trading (market) session**. Please help me understand why this is happening…  
Thanks.

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### Author: ![rahul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f14d63/32.png) [@rahul](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/rahul)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/closing-all-positions-before-10-minutes-to-end-market-day/11480/2 "2023-01-02T15:27:30Z")

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` if future_time > closing_time:`

This will be true indefinitely after the first time it is true. This means your loop to gather positions and close them will run however often that code block is called. If this is in a while loop, it can mean you are calling it many times, even after the market closes.

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### Author: ![AlexL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@AlexL](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/AlexL)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/closing-all-positions-before-10-minutes-to-end-market-day/11480/3 "2023-01-02T17:01:26Z")

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```auto
        market_open = True
        while market_open == True:
            time.sleep(self.sleeper * 60)

            current_time = self.alpaca.get_clock().timestamp.timestamp()
            closing_time = self.alpaca.get_clock().next_close.timestamp()
            future_time = current_time + (self.sleeper * 60)

            if closing_time < future_time:
                try:
                    portfolio = self.alpaca.list_positions()

                    for position in portfolio:
                        self.alpaca.close_position(position.symbol)
                        time.sleep(1)

                   # call isMarketOpen() and sleep before market wake up

                except Exception as e:
                    logger.error(f"--- ERROR --- : {e} ---")                               
            else:
                # call trade function

```

As far as I understand the your logic.