Difference between revisions of "PlaceMarketOrder"

Revision as of 14:19, 27 January 2012

Places market order at the broker without position changing on the chart.

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.

Works with auto trading turned off. Can be used as a mean of synchronization of strategy market position with a broker.

If MarketPosition = 2 then 
   PlaceMarketOrder (true, true, 2);

Will place buy market order for 2 contracts if current MarketPosition = 2.

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 <syntaxhighlight>PlaceMarketOrder(IsBuy, IsEntry, Contracts)</syntaxhighlight>
-Where: [[IsBuy]] - indicates whether order is buy or sell;
+Where:
+:'''IsBuy''' - indicates whether order is buy or sell;
-[[IsEntry]] - indicates whether order is entry or exit;
+:'''IsEntry''' - indicates whether order is entry or exit;
-[[Contracts]] - indicates the number of contracts/shares of the order.
+:'''Contracts''' - indicates the number of contracts/shares of the order.
 ==== Notes ====
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 ==== Example ====
 <syntaxhighlight>If MarketPosition = 2 then
-PlaceMarketOrder (true, true, 2) </syntaxhighlight>
+   PlaceMarketOrder (true, true, 2); </syntaxhighlight>
-Will place buy market order for 2 contracts if current marketposition =2
+Will place buy market order for 2 contracts if current MarketPosition = 2.