# Alpaca API says my account is not allowed to short

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/alpaca-api-says-my-account-is-not-allowed-to-short/1680>\
**Category:** Alpaca Questions\
**Created:** [June 3, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/alpaca-api-says-my-account-is-not-allowed-to-short/1680 "2020-06-03T15:53:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hot\_Guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/hot_guy/32/887_2.png) [@Hot\_Guy](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Hot_Guy)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/alpaca-api-says-my-account-is-not-allowed-to-short/1680/1 "2020-06-03T15:53:48Z")

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When I try to short a stock Alpaca API returns an error saying my account is not allowed to short. BTW i am using alpaca paper trading.

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**Author:** ![kris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/kris/32/163_2.png) [@kris](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/kris)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/alpaca-api-says-my-account-is-not-allowed-to-short/1680/2 "2020-06-03T18:19:09Z")

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weird take a photo of it