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Hello,
I Have hovered over the file dealing with long and short holding orders at this link :
https://github.com/QuantConnect/Lean/blob/master/Common/Securities/SecurityHolding.cs
It is mentionned that Long holding is a quantity >0 and Short Holding is a quantity <0.
But in my algo when i place a short order, i place a positive quantity in a potentiel short price trend not a negative quantity in this trend...
Someone could explain me the logic behind ?
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Adam W
It is just the way Quantity is interpreted in LEAN, positive is Long and negative is Short.
When you place a short order, you use a negative quantity to indicate it:
# Short 1 share of SPY self.MarketOrder('SPY', -1) # Long 1 share of SPY self.MarketOrder('SPY', 1)Gmamuze Cht
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