bybit limit close/sell/tp order creates short order

Hi,

This code created a close/sell order a few days ago but with the latest ccxt version it creates a short order:

exchange.createOrder({
            symbol,
            'limit',
            'sell',
            position,
            price
})

Maybe this is bybit related issue. A change in their API ? How to place a short vs a sell with createOrder ?

[flieks]

@carlosmiei hmm thanks for the explanation.

It seems indeed that the reduce_only did the trick. Putting it to true creates a limit close instead of a limit short. I wonder if other exchanges will work to with this setup but this i will test later.

Thanks for the help

[carlosmiei]

@flieks It is not a TP limit order, it is a “limit order” only. TP/SL orders are a different thing but I think I get what you meant, by closing the current position you might have a profit or a loss.

If you have an open long position and want to close it yes you should issue an order in the opposite direction (sell in this case) and you should also provide the ‘reduce_only’ flag as true.

Please check out this example that demontrastes precisely that: https://github.com/ccxt/ccxt/blob/master/examples/py/bybit-updated.py#L54