A short position is the opposite of a long position – think of it as holding a negative amount of a currency pair.
In order to close a short position, you need to buy enough of the currency pair to bring your position back to zero.
For instance, if you are short $100,000 EUR/USD, then you must buy $100,000 EUR/USD to close the short position. If you can buy this back for less than you earned when you sold it originally, the difference is retained as profit.
In order to close a short position, you need to buy enough of the currency pair to bring your position back to zero.
For instance, if you are short $100,000 EUR/USD, then you must buy $100,000 EUR/USD to close the short position. If you can buy this back for less than you earned when you sold it originally, the difference is retained as profit.