Also, when a strategy triggers, i just get a pop up ALERT. And they never auto execute. See attached I really appreciate your help.

yes , thats what i always do to place the strategy into live auto trading . Today as an example, the attached shows a strategy that should have triggered 2 hours ago as per the chart, and this time i didn’t get an alert , and no auto execution. Its trading in the smallest size.   Please see attached and again, really appreciate your help as this is so frustrating Strategy code as follows:   //===================================================================== // PRC_Volume Order Blocks -> PROORDER AUTO STRATEGY (IG Spread Betting ES) // – No drawings (strategy only) // – Trades the most recent ACTIVE bull/bear block // – IG-safe post-fill stop/target using POINTS, with minimum stop guard //===================================================================== DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = False DEFPARAM PreloadBars = 1500 //—————————— // SETTINGS //—————————— length1 = 5 length2 = length1 + 13 // 18 atrPeriod = 200 //—————————— // IG SPREAD BETTING RISK (POINTS) // IMPORTANT: set minStopPts to >= IG deal ticket minimum stop distance. // IG minimum stop distance can vary by market/time/volatility. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} //—————————— stopPtsInput = 6 // desired stop distance in POINTS targetPtsInput = 12 // desired target distance in POINTS minStopPts = 8 // IG minimum in POINTS (set from deal ticket) // Enforce minimum distance effectiveStopPts = MAX(stopPtsInput, minStopPts) stopDistance = effectiveStopPts targetDistance = targetPtsInput //—————————— // EMA CALCULATION //—————————— ema1 = ExponentialAverage[length1](close) ema2 = ExponentialAverage[length2](close) crossUp = ema1 CROSSES OVER ema2 crossDn = ema1 CROSSES UNDER ema2 //—————————— // ATR CALCULATION (used for block thickness) //—————————— myAtr = AverageTrueRange[atrPeriod](close) atr1 = myAtr * 2 //—————————— // STORAGE (blocks) //—————————— ONCE b = 0 ONCE z = 0 //—————————— // BULLISH BLOCK DETECTION (on crossUp) //—————————— IF crossUp THEN myLowest = Lowest[length2](low) myLowestIndex = -1 src = 0 FOR i = 1 TO length2 DO IF low[i] = myLowest THEN myLowestIndex = BarIndex[i] src = MIN(open[i], close[i]) // bull block upper boundary BREAK ENDIF NEXT IF myLowestIndex >= 0 THEN // Ensure a minimum thickness using ATR IF (src – myLowest) < (atr1 * 0.5) THEN src = myLowest + atr1 * 0.5 ENDIF $bullIndex[b] = myLowestIndex $bullUpper[b] = src $bullLower[b] = myLowest $bullMid[b] = (src + myLowest) / 2 $bullIsActive[b] = 1 b = b + 1 ENDIF ENDIF //—————————— // BEARISH BLOCK DETECTION (on crossDn) //—————————— IF crossDn THEN myHighest = Highest[length2](high) myHighestIndex = -1 src = 0 FOR i = length2 DOWNTO 1 DO IF high[i] = myHighest THEN myHighestIndex = BarIndex[i] src = MAX(open[i], close[i]) // bear block lower boundary BREAK ENDIF NEXT IF myHighestIndex >= 0 THEN // Ensure a minimum thickness using ATR IF (myHighest – src) < (atr1 * 0.5) THEN src = myHighest – atr1 * 0.5 ENDIF $bearIndex[z] = myHighestIndex $bearUpper[z] = myHighest $bearLower[z] = src $bearMid[z] = (src + myHighest) / 2 $bearIsActive[z] = 1 z = z + 1 ENDIF ENDIF //—————————— // SIMPLE INVALIDATION (live-safe, latest blocks only) //—————————— IF b > 0 THEN lastBull = b – 1 IF $bullIsActive[lastBull] = 1 AND close < $bullLower[lastBull] THEN $bullIsActive[lastBull] = 0 ENDIF ENDIF IF z > 0 THEN lastBear = z – 1 IF $bearIsActive[lastBear] = 1 AND close > $bearUpper[lastBear] THEN $bearIsActive[lastBear] = 0 ENDIF ENDIF //—————————— // ENTRY LOGIC (trade the most recent active block) // Bull: touch block then close back above upper boundary (bounce) // Bear: touch block then close back below lower boundary (rejection) //—————————— bullBounce = 0 bearReject = 0 IF b > 0 THEN lastBull = b – 1 IF $bullIsActive[lastBull] = 1 THEN bullTouch = (low <= $bullUpper[lastBull]) AND (low >= $bullLower[lastBull]) bullBounce = bullTouch AND (close > $bullUpper[lastBull]) ENDIF ENDIF IF z > 0 THEN lastBear = z – 1 IF $bearIsActive[lastBear] = 1 THEN bearTouch = (high >= $bearLower[lastBear]) AND (high <= $bearUpper[lastBear]) bearReject = bearTouch AND (close < $bearLower[lastBear]) ENDIF ENDIF IF NOT ONMARKET AND bullBounce THEN BUY 1 CONTRACT AT MARKET ENDIF IF NOT ONMARKET AND bearReject THEN SELLSHORT 1 CONTRACT AT MARKET ENDIF //—————————— // IG-SAFE POST-FILL STOPS & TARGETS (POINTS) //—————————— IF NOT ONMARKET THEN longStop = 0 longTarget = 0 shortStop = 0 shortTarget = 0 ENDIF IF LongOnMarket THEN IF longStop = 0 THEN longStop = tradeprice(1) – stopDistance longTarget = tradeprice(1) + targetDistance ENDIF SELL AT longStop STOP SELL AT longTarget LIMIT ENDIF IF ShortOnMarket THEN IF shortStop = 0 THEN shortStop = tradeprice(1) + stopDistance shortTarget = tradeprice(1) – targetDistance ENDIF EXITSHORT AT shortStop STOP EXITSHORT AT shortTarget LIMIT ENDIF

OK – thanks. When i set the strategy to autotrade, im asked to input the max position..in this case i entered 0.01 as per screenshot But you are saying that whats hardcoded must match this value for a trade to execute? I want to start this one off ‘small’ so rather than change to 2 per point, can i just change this piece of the code to   IF NOT ONMARKET AND bullBounce THEN BUY 0.01 CONTRACT AT MARKET ENDIF IF NOT ONMARKET AND bearReject THEN SELLSHORT 0.01 CONTRACT AT MARKET   Is that the right syntax?

Have an extra dollop of honey in your porridge….and its on me! I think you’ve solved it. Just going to try and few more simple ones and will confirm tomorrow   Have a great evening