Life Hack with Partial Closing on Ausfinex

You know that feeling when a trade is already in profit by 40-50 pips, you look at the chart, think “now I’ll trail the stop a bit more”… and an hour later the price reverses, kicks you out at zero or a slight minus? And that’s it…

I stopped losing accumulated profit not when I learned to perfectly set take-profits, but when I started partially fixing profit within the trade. And here the technical capabilities of Ausfinex helped me a lot.

What’s the essence?

Most traders trade binary: either the entire order is closed, or the entire order hangs. But the market is a flow. It’s much more efficient to divide the position into parts, for example 2-3 parts, and fix each at its own level.

The usual problem on many platforms, especially old versions of MT4, when trying to close part of a position there are delays, requotes, or you have to calculate lots in your head. As a result, the trader gets lazy and loses money.

On Ausfinex I discovered that:

In their terminal (both MT4 and web platform) there’s a “Close by” button or simply the ability to quickly close part of an order without creating a new request.
Execution during partial closing happens in the same fractions of a second as during full closing – even in fast movements.

Concrete Example

Last week I entered a long on GBPUSD with a volume of 0.3 lots. An hour later the price went 35 pips. Instead of guessing “will there be more or not”, I did this:

Closed 0.1 lot (a third of the position) – fixed about $35 profit.
Moved the remaining 0.2 lots to breakeven (moved stop-loss to entry price).
Two hours later the price added another 25 pips, I closed the remainder with a total profit of almost $90.

On many other exchanges I would have just sat in the entire position, afraid to move the stop too close, and in the end I would have been kicked out at zero.

How to use this life hack as a beginner?

Start with demo – on Ausfinex it’s free and without SMS. Try opening one order, then close 30%, then 20%, then the remainder. Just to get used to the mechanics.
Look in open sources for the topic “partial profit taking” or “laddering” – this is a well-known concept, not my invention.
Check execution – enter a position on demo, after 15 minutes partially close a part, move the stop. Evaluate if there was slippage.
Commissions as information – on Ausfinex $3 per lot, and during partial closing the commission is charged proportionally to the closed part. This is just a fact for comparison, not a call to trade.

Why did Ausfinex specifically unlock this technique for me?

Because partial closing is about speed and absence of hidden commissions. On dealing desks, the system can “think” for a second while you’re trying to close part of a position – and the price will move away. On Ausfinex your request through the ECN pool goes directly to liquidity providers without a dealer intermediary.