# Account Not Allowed to Short? The "No Shorting" thing is off **URL:** \ **Category:** Tutorials\ **Created:** [March 28, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-not-allowed-to-short-the-no-shorting-thing-is-off/8967 "2022-03-28T14:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elan\_Dassani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/elan_dassani/32/3979_2.png) [@Elan\_Dassani](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Elan_Dassani)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-not-allowed-to-short-the-no-shorting-thing-is-off/8967/1 "2022-03-28T14:07:30Z")
Hey guys, API is returning I’m not allowed to short. Any idea what’s going on? ![Screen Shot 2022-03-28 at 6.05.37 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/alp/original/2X/7/7d4edaa40206533a4f9b961cde6d7c9b1ab6f7f3.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Padgett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/jake_padgett/32/4052_2.png) [@Jake\_Padgett](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Jake_Padgett)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-not-allowed-to-short-the-no-shorting-thing-is-off/8967/2 "2022-04-11T14:21:17Z")
Having the same issue. ---
**Author:** ![gradweg23](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/gradweg23/32/6835_2.png) [@gradweg23](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/gradweg23)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-not-allowed-to-short-the-no-shorting-thing-is-off/8967/3 "2022-04-11T16:16:21Z")
Try checking the account configuration to see if you have it off by default, its a bit hard to find if you don’t know where to look. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/alp/original/2X/a/ac1894bf1fa1ea890bb28f4fa98023471f45463f.png) ---
**Author:** ![gradweg23](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/gradweg23/32/6835_2.png) [@gradweg23](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/gradweg23)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-not-allowed-to-short-the-no-shorting-thing-is-off/8967/4 "2022-04-11T16:18:08Z")
Also if you don’t want to short, but you’re getting this error, you’re probably sending a sell order for more quantity than you own. Maybe a sell order is being sent before the buy order. ---
**Author:** ![Emma\_Saroyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/emma_saroyan/32/3933_2.png) [@Emma\_Saroyan](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Emma_Saroyan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-not-allowed-to-short-the-no-shorting-thing-is-off/8967/5 "2022-04-14T16:37:14Z")
Hi, did you manage to resolve the issue? ---
**Author:** ![hisali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/hisali/32/4447_2.png) [@hisali](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/hisali)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-not-allowed-to-short-the-no-shorting-thing-is-off/8967/6 "2022-07-20T15:08:26Z")
still have the same issue any idea what to do ? ---
**Author:** ![avineshwar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@avineshwar](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/avineshwar)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-not-allowed-to-short-the-no-shorting-thing-is-off/8967/7 "2022-10-25T18:56:34Z")
Same. What is going on?. ---
**Author:** ![MJ\_cb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/mj_cb/32/4785_2.png) [@MJ\_cb](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/MJ_cb)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-not-allowed-to-short-the-no-shorting-thing-is-off/8967/8 "2022-10-30T18:42:24Z")
Same Here Just got my paper account and I am not able to sell short or add any stop limits? ---
**Author:** ![avineshwar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@avineshwar](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/avineshwar)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/account-not-allowed-to-short-the-no-shorting-thing-is-off/8967/9 "2022-11-12T03:29:53Z")
It eventually worked for me. Make sure of 2 things: - money has cleared - meets the minimum requirement