# Closing a Position

You can close a position partially or completely by clicking on the "Close" button.

For long positions, profits are paid in the asset you are longing, e.g. if you long ETH you would get your profits as FTM.

For short positions, profits will be paid out in the same stablecoin that you used to open the position, e.g. USDC.

<figure><img src="/files/LVwkrZhS6RRciXBCcl6J" alt=""><figcaption><p>Closing a position</p></figcaption></figure>

Note that <https://ftmscan.com/> may not always show FTM transfers so when you close long positions on Fantom and receive FTM the transaction might not show the transfer but your FTM balance would have increased. If the FTM transfer does show, it would be displayed under the "Interacted With" section:

<figure><img src="https://3951038884-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Me94cyqTgUX4nZxCJ-M%2Fuploads%2FHAUbXdIPd0T0k82QdfJP%2Feth-transfer.png?alt=media&#x26;token=34d02f8a-ba5d-43df-91b4-5faa104340cc" alt=""><figcaption><p>In this example, 0.0186.. ETH is transferred to the user's account 0x9f169...</p></figcaption></figure>


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