# Account positions

Refer to [Websocket](/docs/api-documentation/api/websocket.md) for establishing the websocket connection.

### Params

```json
{
    "method": "subscribe",
    "params": {
        "source": "account_positions",
        "account": "42trU9A5..."
    }
}
```

### Positions Snapshots

Upon subscription, the `account_positions` websocket immediately returns a snapshot of all current positions, then begins streams all changes made to an account's positions in a best effort picture of current state.\
\
We recommend using `account_positions` for initialization, and `account_trades`, to construct up-to-date positions state.

### Stream

```json
{
  "channel": "subscribe",
  "data": {
    "source": "account_positions",
    "account": "BrZp5..."
  }
}
// this is the initialization snapshot
{
  "channel": "account_positions", 
  "data": [
    {
      "s": "BTC",
      "d": "bid",
      "a": "0.00022",
      "p": "87185",
      "m": "0",
      "f": "-0.00023989",
      "i": false,
      "l": null,
      "t": 1764133203991
    }
  ],
  "li": 1559395580
}
// this shows the position being increased by an order filling
{
  "channel": "account_positions",
  "data": [
    {
      "s": "BTC",
      "d": "bid",
      "a": "0.00044",
      "p": "87285.5",
      "m": "0",
      "f": "-0.00023989",
      "i": false,
      "l": "-95166.79231",
      "t": 1764133656974
    }
  ],
  "li": 1559412952
}
// this shows the position being closed
{
  "channel": "account_positions",
  "data": [],
  "li": 1559438203
}
```

<table><thead><tr><th width="196.800048828125">Field</th><th width="187.4000244140625">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>'s'</code></td><td>string</td><td>Symbol</td></tr><tr><td><code>'d'</code></td><td>string</td><td>Position side (bid, ask)</td></tr><tr><td><code>'a'</code></td><td>decimal string</td><td>Position amount</td></tr><tr><td><code>'p'</code></td><td>decimal string</td><td>Average entry price</td></tr><tr><td><code>'m'</code></td><td>decimal string</td><td>Position margin</td></tr><tr><td><code>'f'</code></td><td>decimal string</td><td>Position funding fee</td></tr><tr><td><code>'i'</code></td><td>bool</td><td>Is position isolated?</td></tr><tr><td><code>'l'</code></td><td>decimal string</td><td>Liquidation price in USD (null if not applicable)</td></tr><tr><td><code>'t'</code></td><td>number</td><td>Timestamp in milliseconds</td></tr><tr><td><code>'li'</code></td><td>number</td><td>Exchange-wide nonce. Used to reliably determine exchange event ordering. Sequential and not subject to clock drift.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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