You cannot sell this market to open

[Guest Angribob]

Hello, can someone explain why I see this message so frequently?

I understand that it means I can only go long on that market but almost every time I find a good short I see this message. 

Why am I being prevented from making this bet?

Many thanks for any light shed on the subject

Cheers, Angri

[Caseynotes]

Hi @Angribob, depends on which market are you seeing this. If it's shares the answer may be that IG simply cannot find a counter for the trade, if it's crypto then this message can occur when IG has reached it's exposure limit. (see response to a previous inquiry below).

 

[Guest Angribob]

OK thanks @Caseynotes that makes sense. I guess the trades I were looking at were very one sided - I can understand that no one wants to take the other side. Cheers, Angri