# How to liquidate all positions before close
**URL:** https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-liquidate-all-positions-before-close/8219
**Category:** Alpaca Trading
**Created:** [February 2, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-liquidate-all-positions-before-close/8219 "2022-02-02T02:48:03Z")
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### Author:  [@Hudson](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Hudson)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-liquidate-all-positions-before-close/8219/1 "2022-02-02T02:48:03Z")
I have my bot set up and working. I implemented the bot turning itself on and off when the market is open and closed. The one problem I have is figuring out how to get the bot to liquidate all positions let’s say around 5 minutes before market close. Does anyone know the best way to implement this? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Jian\_Lao](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Jian_Lao)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-liquidate-all-positions-before-close/8219/2 "2022-02-02T21:12:29Z")
Try following on your paper account:
api.close\_all\_positions()
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### Author:  [@maxks90](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/maxks90)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-to-liquidate-all-positions-before-close/8219/3 "2022-02-03T11:28:11Z")
I just wrote this in Python. Haven’t tested during market hours yet, but works with other times.
```auto
import datetime as dt
import pytz
import pandas as pd
def close_all_positions_end_of_day():
# First, check if the market is currently open. No point in checking if closed.
if api.get_clock().is_open:
# Get the current time (New York time)
time_now = dt.datetime.now(pytz.timezone('US/Eastern'))
# Calculate the timestamp for 5 mins before close (15:55) today.
five_mins_before_end_of_day = pd.Timestamp(year=time_now.year, month=time_now.month, day=time_now.day, hour=15,
minute=55, second=00, tz='US/Eastern')
# If the current time is the same as (or after) 15:55, close all positions.
if time_now.isoformat() >= five_mins_before_end_of_day.isoformat():
print('Closing all positions...')
api.close_all_positions()
else:
print('Not yet 3:55pm!')
else:
print('Market currently closed!')
```
Bear in mind that your bot would need to be regularly/frequently calling this function to check if the current time is at/after the timestamp.