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Please only use advanced trading modes when you know how freqtrade (and your strategy) works. Please only use advanced trading modes when you know how freqtrade (and your strategy) works.
Also, never risk more than what you can afford to lose. Also, never risk more than what you can afford to lose.
Please read the [strategy migration guide](strategy_migration.md#strategy-migration-between-v2-and-v3) to migrate your strategy from a freqtrade v2 strategy, to v3 strategy that can short and trade futures.
## Shorting
Shorting is not possible when trading with [`trading_mode`](#understand-tradingmode) set to `spot`. To short trade, `trading_mode` must be set to `margin`(currently unavailable) or [`futures`](#futures), with [`margin_mode`](#margin-mode) set to `cross`(currently unavailable) or [`isolated`](#isolated-margin-mode)
For a strategy to short, the strategy class must set the class variable `can_short = True`
Please read [strategy customization](strategy-customization.md#entry-signal-rules) for instructions on how to set signals to enter and exit short trades.
## Understand `trading_mode` ## Understand `trading_mode`
The possible values are: `spot` (default), `margin`(*Currently unavailable*) or `futures`. The possible values are: `spot` (default), `margin`(*Currently unavailable*) or `futures`.

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It's important to always return the dataframe without removing/modifying the columns `"open", "high", "low", "close", "volume"`, otherwise these fields would contain something unexpected. It's important to always return the dataframe without removing/modifying the columns `"open", "high", "low", "close", "volume"`, otherwise these fields would contain something unexpected.
This method will also define a new column, `"enter_long"`, which needs to contain 1 for entries, and 0 for "no action". `enter_long` column is a mandatory column that must be set even if the strategy is shorting only. This method will also define a new column, `"enter_long"` (`"enter_short"` for shorts), which needs to contain 1 for entries, and 0 for "no action". `enter_long` is a mandatory column that must be set even if the strategy is shorting only.
Sample from `user_data/strategies/sample_strategy.py`: Sample from `user_data/strategies/sample_strategy.py`:
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It's important to always return the dataframe without removing/modifying the columns `"open", "high", "low", "close", "volume"`, otherwise these fields would contain something unexpected. It's important to always return the dataframe without removing/modifying the columns `"open", "high", "low", "close", "volume"`, otherwise these fields would contain something unexpected.
This method will also define a new column, `"exit_long"`, which needs to contain 1 for sells, and 0 for "no action". This method will also define a new column, `"exit_long"` (`"exit_short"` for shorts), which needs to contain 1 for exits, and 0 for "no action".
Sample from `user_data/strategies/sample_strategy.py`: Sample from `user_data/strategies/sample_strategy.py`: