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| − | Places market order at the broker without position changing on the chart. | + | Places a market order at the broker immediately after the script calculation without position changing on the chart. |
| − | + | == Usage == | |
<syntaxhighlight>PlaceMarketOrder(IsBuy, IsEntry, Contracts)</syntaxhighlight> | <syntaxhighlight>PlaceMarketOrder(IsBuy, IsEntry, Contracts)</syntaxhighlight> | ||
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:'''Contracts''' - indicates the number of contracts/shares of the order. | :'''Contracts''' - indicates the number of contracts/shares of the order. | ||
| − | + | == Notes == | |
| − | Works with auto trading turned | + | * Works only with auto trading turned on. |
| − | + | * Can be used as a mean of synchronization of strategy market position with a broker. | |
| − | + | * Also see the related [[ChangeMarketPosition]] keyword. | |
| − | <syntaxhighlight>If MarketPosition = 2 then | + | |
| − | + | == Example == | |
| + | <syntaxhighlight>If MarketPosition*CurrentContracts = 2 and MarketPosition_at_Broker = 4 then PlaceMarketOrder (false, false, 2); </syntaxhighlight> | ||
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| + | Will generate sell market order for 2 contracts to synchronize market position at broker with the strategy position. | ||
| − | + | Please refer to [[Trading_from_Multiple_Charts_on_One_Instrument#.21From_Strategy_To_Broker_MP_Synchronizer.21|!From Strategy To Broker MP Synchronizer!]] default signal for more examples. | |
Latest revision as of 10:17, 23 April 2021
Places a market order at the broker immediately after the script calculation without position changing on the chart.
Usage
PlaceMarketOrder(IsBuy, IsEntry, Contracts)
Where:
- IsBuy - indicates whether order is buy or sell;
- IsEntry - indicates whether order is entry or exit;
- Contracts - indicates the number of contracts/shares of the order.
Notes
- Works only with auto trading turned on.
- Can be used as a mean of synchronization of strategy market position with a broker.
- Also see the related ChangeMarketPosition keyword.
Example
If MarketPosition*CurrentContracts = 2 and MarketPosition_at_Broker = 4 then PlaceMarketOrder (false, false, 2);
Will generate sell market order for 2 contracts to synchronize market position at broker with the strategy position.
Please refer to !From Strategy To Broker MP Synchronizer! default signal for more examples.
