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We're thinking about it; our worry is just that it's another thing to maintain and we don't want to split our focus if it would hurt the main net. (Mostly trading off the value of having a testing ground for features vs the cost of maintaining it.)
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As a Dev I just want to say FTX is the only exchange were I start to sweat profusely when it comes to testing trade execution via API. Using only small orders just doesn't cut it to test a system thoroughly. So I find myself sometimes pseudo planing trades to test my script.
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While I fully understand that you don't want to put valuable resources into a test net, I as a customer have to say I rather work with the APIs of the other big exchanges that provide a playground were I don't suffer financial damage if I make a stupid error in the process.
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Understood; we're still having the discussion internally about where to prioritize it.
What if each account had a subaccount where positions/trades/etc. were all paper trades?
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From the top of my head this sound's like a very good solution 😁
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On a second thought, In my particular situation I would actually need one paper trade account per sub account. But I personally like the general idea.
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I guess we could also let people create entire accounts that only paper trade?
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Having a separate paper trade account that can itself again have paper trade sub accounts would be a wet dream come true tbh
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Hm--one more question.
Could you just create a second account, deposit $1 into it, and use that as your "testnet" account?
Would need to see how much deposit accumulates over time because of min pos sizes and the big number of markets. But yeah, that would work, I guess. From a psychological standpoint it's nicer to test with "real sizes" tho ngl. Thanks for the suggestion Sam 😀
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