Limit orders chart trading

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Limit orders chart trading

Postby greenroomhoo » 05 Sep 2013

testing out chart trading through IB

IQ feed for data
IB sym account open and connected.
Trading a daily chart.
Green light on broker connection on trading panel
I am trying to enter a simple buy limit order below most recent price.
I drag the "LMT" icon onto the chart. The confirming dialogue entry ALWAYS shows up as a "SELL" no matter the price relative to market. Conversely for "STP" icon - always shows up as a "BUY" in the confirming dialogue.

What am i doing wrong?

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Re: Limit orders chart trading

Postby sptrader » 06 Sep 2013

testing out chart trading through IB

IQ feed for data
IB sym account open and connected.
Trading a daily chart.
Green light on broker connection on trading panel
I am trying to enter a simple buy limit order below most recent price.
I drag the "LMT" icon onto the chart. The confirming dialogue entry ALWAYS shows up as a "SELL" no matter the price relative to market. Conversely for "STP" icon - always shows up as a "BUY" in the confirming dialogue.

What am i doing wrong?
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* Be sure to left mouse "click" on the "limit" icon to activate it, THEN left click on the limit icon and drag it well below the current price (for a buy order) or well above the current price for a sellshort order...sometimes if you drag it too close to current price, it won't work correctly...

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Re: Limit orders chart trading

Postby greenroomhoo » 06 Sep 2013

thanks SPTrader for the ideas.

Tried both but i still get the same behavior. Even tried it on a minute chart (instead of a day) and still have the same issue....

i must be missing something. I know the API with IB is working fine. Hopefully MC Support knows...

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Re: Limit orders chart trading

Postby sptrader » 06 Sep 2013

There has to be something wrong, as I use chart trader with IqFeed tied to IB, almost everyday and it works fine..

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Re: Limit orders chart trading

Postby greenroomhoo » 06 Sep 2013

SP trader - that is good to hear. Just need old Henry Multicharts to step in and set me straight.

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Re: Limit orders chart trading

Postby waveslider » 07 Sep 2013

This happens all the time to me - it must be a bug.

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Re: Limit orders chart trading

Postby TJ » 07 Sep 2013

SP trader - that is good to hear. Just need old Henry Multicharts to step in and set me straight.
You should use Live Chat to show tech support the problem you see.

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Re: Limit orders chart trading

Postby janus » 09 Sep 2013

greenroomhoo, are you using the latest version of IB's TWS client? If not then upgrade to the latest and see if it helps.

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Re: Limit orders chart trading

Postby greenroomhoo » 09 Sep 2013

thanks for the idea janus. downloaded latest TWS. restarted everything. No luck yet.

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Re: Limit orders chart trading

Postby sptrader » 09 Sep 2013

greenroomhoo, are you using the latest version of IB's TWS client? If not then upgrade to the latest and see if it helps.
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Also the current TWS API...

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Re: Limit orders chart trading

Postby Henry MultiСharts » 19 Sep 2013

greenroomhoo, have you setup the symbol mapping?
Do you have realtime data subscription for this instrument from IB?


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