How do I do this?
I would like to create a limit order and sell short when the stock price hits that limit. My understanding is self.LimitOrder would buy long.
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Create limit order to sell short: self.LimitOrder(symbol, -quantity, price) in Python.
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Create a limit order and sell short
Ankur malhotra | ankur malhotra | May 2018
How do I do this?
I would like to create a limit order and sell short when the stock price hits that limit. My understanding is self.LimitOrder would buy long.
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Michael Manus
there are some examples in library. when you click on the community tab on the right you see a link to some examples.
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Algorithm Examples)
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Ankur malhotra
I tried searching. Didn't find any. I could only find limit orders of buying long. Not selling shorts. Can you point me to a link.
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Michael Manus
selling shorts is only with a minus :)
instead of buying you sell it :):)
limitorder example algos
marketorder
just click on one example and you get to the whole code/example
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Michael Manus
https://github.com/QuantConnect/Lean/blob/f2035e5785929322a5b77bcdb8956784b0e0751c/Algorithm.Python/MultipleSymbolConsolidationAlgorithm.py#L88
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