Error with orders partially close a position

• 12/21/2017 at 7:42 PM #56282
  edozar

  Hello guys, I get the error in the image with the code in attached below. I do not understand what the problem is, I think the code should not leave pending sizes open and complain. Can you help_ Thanks, Edoardo

   

  Error with orders partially close a position

  //Modified system by EZ - 20th Dec 2017 DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = True // Cumulative orders allowed. DEFPARAM FlatBefore = 060000 // Cancel any pending orders, close any positions and prevent placement of additional orders. DEFPARAM FlatAfter = 210000 // Cancel any pending orders, close any positions and prevent placement of additional orders. Size = 10 //position size StopLoss = 10 //stoploss in points TakeProfit = 20 //takeprofit in points Xcandlesticks = 3 //consecutive bullish or bearish candlesticks to open a new position Xcandlesticks1 = 1 InverseTrading = 0 //(0=false ; 1=true) trade in the same direction of the candlesticks pattern or not //Flapping based on low double deviation doubdev = 4*STD[2](close) //detecting patterns bearpattern = summation[Xcandlesticks](close<open)=Xcandlesticks bullishpattern = summation[Xcandlesticks](close>open)=Xcandlesticks bearpattern1 = summation[Xcandlesticks1](close<open)=Xcandlesticks bullishpattern1 = summation[Xcandlesticks1](close>open)=Xcandlesticks //first order - buy if not onmarket and doubdev > 5 then if bearpattern then if InverseTrading then BUY Size CONTRACTS AT MARKET else SELL Size CONTRACTS AT MARKET endif endif endif if bullishpattern then if InverseTrading then SELL Size CONTRACTS AT MARKET else BUY Size CONTRACTS AT MARKET endif endif //first order - sell if longonmarket and bearpattern1 then SELL Size CONTRACTS AT MARKET endif if shortonmarket and bullishpattern1 then BUY Size CONTRACTS AT MARKET endif SET STOP LOSS StopLoss SET TARGET PPROFIT TakeProfit

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  //Modified system by EZ - 20th Dec 2017   DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = True // Cumulative orders allowed.   DEFPARAM FlatBefore = 060000 // Cancel any pending orders, close any positions and prevent placement of additional orders.   DEFPARAM FlatAfter = 210000 // Cancel any pending orders, close any positions and prevent placement of additional orders.   Size = 10 //position size StopLoss = 10 //stoploss in points TakeProfit = 20 //takeprofit in points   Xcandlesticks = 3 //consecutive bullish or bearish candlesticks to open a new position Xcandlesticks1 = 1   InverseTrading = 0 //(0=false ; 1=true) trade in the same direction of the candlesticks pattern or not   //Flapping based on low double deviation   doubdev = 4*STD[2](close)   //detecting patterns bearpattern = summation[Xcandlesticks](close<open)=Xcandlesticks bullishpattern = summation[Xcandlesticks](close>open)=Xcandlesticks   bearpattern1 = summation[Xcandlesticks1](close<open)=Xcandlesticks bullishpattern1 = summation[Xcandlesticks1](close>open)=Xcandlesticks   //first order - buy if not onmarket and doubdev > 5 then if bearpattern then if InverseTrading then BUY Size CONTRACTS AT MARKET else SELL Size CONTRACTS AT MARKET endif endif endif   if bullishpattern then if InverseTrading then SELL Size CONTRACTS AT MARKET else BUY Size CONTRACTS AT MARKET endif endif   //first order - sell if longonmarket and bearpattern1 then SELL Size CONTRACTS AT MARKET endif   if shortonmarket and bullishpattern1 then BUY Size CONTRACTS AT MARKET endif     SET STOP LOSS StopLoss SET TARGET PPROFIT TakeProfit

   

  

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  12/21/2017 at 8:17 PM #56288
  Nicolas

  Close partially positions is only possible through paper trading and demo, not in live environment with ProOrder.

  To open a short position, you have to use SELLSHORT, as SELL is meant to close a BUY (long) order.

  

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  12/23/2017 at 3:27 PM #56433
  edozar

  Thanks,

  I changed the sell into sell short.

  The issue remains that I cannot start trading, when I push prepare for automatic trading I get the error attached below.

  Could you please help? Thanks, Edoardo

  

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  12/23/2017 at 3:45 PM #56435
  Vonasi

  You cannot have EXITSHORT size CONTRACTS AT MARKET or SELL size CONTRACTS AT MARKET. You can only close all positions – you will have to remove ‘size’ from these instructions.

  

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  12/23/2017 at 3:46 PM #56436
  robertogozzi

  Nicolas wrote: “Close partially positions is only possible through paper trading and demo, not in live environment with ProOrder“.

  Apart from changing the keywords so that you use the correct ones, you should remove every attempt to close partially positions (the message box from PRT is clear).

  So you can only SELL and EXITSHORT, you can search the forum for those two keywords to find out manual details and lots of examples.

   

  

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