From 589232d12dfef06aee8a552eca0c3a472c312419 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Goodlet <jgbt@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 22:17:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Only flip size sign for seels if not already -ve

---
 piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py b/piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py
index 02031898..23e1d347 100644
--- a/piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py
+++ b/piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ class PaperBoi(Struct):
         # in the broker trades event processing loop
         await trio.sleep(0.05)
 
-        if action == 'sell':
+        if (
+            action == 'sell'
+            and size > 0
+        ):
             size = -size
 
         msg = BrokerdStatus(