From 1c9abd9e3579097bb6c3c323e2d765afe551f351 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias <xmatthias@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2023 17:27:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Properly respect can_short flag in backtesting

closes  #8387
---
 freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py b/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py
index 31e133515..a701b04e4 100644
--- a/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py
+++ b/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ class Backtesting:
         # since a "perfect" stoploss-exit is assumed anyway
         # And the regular "stoploss" function would not apply to that case
         self.strategy.order_types['stoploss_on_exchange'] = False
+        # Update can_short flag
+        self._can_short = self.trading_mode != TradingMode.SPOT and strategy.can_short
 
         self.strategy.ft_bot_start()