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# Closure of Matched Trade

A closing of a matched trade can happen in the following ways:

* Trader actively closes a trade
* Trade has reached maximum profit
* Trade has reached maximum loss
* Trade has been closed after 7 days following matcher requesting closure

Within the Ongoing Matches screen, you will see the following message:

<figure><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/injSganRpd0WdbSuUmceOGNni3W3futSJi4M73hiRF_4tjjnHDxAthTD5yrTsNxcntD78sM9B9tvN2aV69H5NdMbcP_D4BN1_7usObR4P98JY0QyYNcnk-v4aFp1jL2z076zfvBxchvqix3B7Z3cFQ" alt=""><figcaption><p>Notification of a closed trade</p></figcaption></figure>

**At this point you are recommended to close your hedged trade.**

### Requesting to close a trade

Whilst you can’t close a trader's trade that you have lent tokens towards, you can send a message to the trader to close the trade within 7 days. This message will be sent to the user's Keplr address. If the trade has not been closed after 7 days, it will be closed automatically.

1. Scroll to the right of the ongoing matched trade
2. Select ‘Request to close’ button

The trader will see the following message stating that a request has been made and the trade will be automatically closed after 7 days from the initial request.

<figure><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mX9GDgVp7WdCP7XSowmkgMudi2wGmqX3FiYri4Uj8UuMQVuMHBwx-PrvDi6U1WpyYpGyF_Lfsv2X4RMFHrAKe0wZw-7kJ324QEEHh1fAQI6gE3960OqIvEILN4o7pBBEXn2WFNEWGl8_GtCF06Qymg" alt=""><figcaption><p>Notification request for trade closure</p></figcaption></figure>