Due to our test environment being a synthetic environment, the liquidity present on the production environment will not be mirrored on our test environment. However, it’s still possible to get any type of position filled using a combination of subaccounts and free synthetic cryptocurrency.
The best approach to ensure a position on one account/subaccount is filled is to create a subaccount, deposit or transfer funds from the main account and then find and match against the limit order created by the target account/subaccount by navigating to the same instrument, locating the limit order and matching the opposite trade.
In this sense, you effectively become your own counterparty however as the test-net does not use real cryptocurrency/money, there is no financial risk involved.
Note
If you run into self matching issues, please make sure self matching settings are set correctly in the account settings.
Subaccounts can be created in the user interface or by API.
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Click on the my account icon (insert icon) on the top right of the user interface and select Subaccounts.
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Click on the button '+ Add a new subaccount'
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Subaccounts can be created using the following endpoint: https://docs.deribit.com/#private-create_subaccount
If logged into the main account, a different subaccount can be selected in two manners.
The quickest method is to select the subaccount directly from the user interface.
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Click on the username of your account in the top right of the user interface
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Select the subaccount to be opened.
Alternatively the subaccount can be selected on the subaccount page.
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Click on the my account icon in the top right of the user interface, and click Subaccounts.
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Click on the squared arrow of the subaccount to be opened.
Tip
You can open a subaccount on a different tab in your browser and have multiple subaccounts open at the same time.