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trade one symbol by using data from a different symbol

Postby quantum777 » 21 Apr 2017

can i trade symbol SPY from data of symbol e-mini s&p 500 (close to 24/7 data) without having to write script? Jeff

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Re: trade one symbol by using data from a different symbol

Postby Angelina MultiСharts » 21 Apr 2017

Hello guantum,

It is possible with symbol mapping functionality: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... ol_Mapping

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Re: trade one symbol by using data from a different symbol

Postby ABC » 22 Apr 2017

Hi Angelina,

based on Henry's reply here: posting.php?mode=quote&f=1&p=120907 and from past experience I was under the impression that this wouldn't work due to the instruments having different parameters.
Did this change recently?

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Hello guantum,

It is possible with symbol mapping functionality: https://www.multicharts.com/trading-sof ... ol_Mapping

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Re: trade one symbol by using data from a different symbol

Postby Kristina MultiCharts » 02 May 2017

Hello,

It's possible to send market orders from e-mini s&p 500 chart to SPY symbol if you configure symbol mapping. If you want to send price orders from auto-trading, you will need to specify the price of SPY in the signal so that the order won't be rejected because of incorrect price. For example, you will need to specify "Buy next bar at 240 limit;" when current SPY price is approximately 238.70 and the order should be accepted.


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