# Long and short positions in the same security

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/long-and-short-positions-in-the-same-security/6585>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [August 15, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/long-and-short-positions-in-the-same-security/6585 "2021-08-15T18:47:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![trapadullioptions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@trapadullioptions](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/trapadullioptions)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/long-and-short-positions-in-the-same-security/6585/3 "2021-08-31T15:28:19Z")

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Same happened to me it seems, where you can see the different prices for the same symbol in my positions.

> [@How can I be long and short same symbol? and with different prices!](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/how-can-i-be-long-and-short-same-symbol-and-with-different-prices/6732):
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If this happens LIVE this would be a disaster. I can’t accurately track my performance at this point.

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