[Python] stop-loss being triggered immediately on kucoin

I'm trying to add a trailing stop-loss to an existing position through the kucoin futures api. but it closes the position straight away, treating it like a regular limit order. any Idea why this is happening? thanks

exchange.create_order(

symbol='SHIBUSDTM',
type='limit',
side='sell',
amount=1,
price=0.000013,
params={
'stopLoss': {
'stop': 'loss',
'triggerStopDownPrice': 0.0000144, # Start trailing here
'trailingDistance': 0.0000014,
'type': 'down', # For long positions
'reduceOnly': True,
'postOnly': True

}
}
)

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