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Support for short trading in paper trading account

Hello,

Being able to take a short position and practice in a paper trading account will be a powerful feature as taking real-life short trades carry more risk since you can't short without margin.

Suggested over 1 year ago

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You can currently take a Short position on paper trading, provided that there is enough base currency available to place a Sell order, to start the Short position. However, you cannot currently trade with margin on paper trading.

If you need to edit your paper balance, the following article explains how this can be done:

https://support.altrady.com/en/article/paper-trading-on-altrady-pd96dt/#3-editing-balances

over 1 year ago

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Paper trading on futures exchanges was added v5.2.1

6 months ago