Minimum size discrepancy

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  • 01/03/2025 at 3:07 PM #242117 quote
    Leo440
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    Hello everyone and happy new year!

    I am trying to run a new strategy on spread-bet demo and keep getting rejected. I like to run the smallest size possible, which I believe to be £0.05 per point on DJI (see attached screenshot taken from IG), however in the PRT order list it gives £1 per point as the minimum.

    I have made a code to see what can get through on the backtest and that came back as 0.2 – still much more than expected.

    Any ideas?

    cheers
    Leo

    defparam cumulateorders = false

positionsize = 0.2


if high > low then
buy positionsize perpoint at market
endif

if longonmarket and low > high then
sell at market
exitshort at market
endif

//-----//

if low > high then
sellshort positionsize perpoint at market
endif

if shortonmarket and low < high then
sell at market
exitshort at market
endif
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    01/03/2025 at 6:26 PM #242123 quote
    GraHal
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    Master
    Leo440 wrote:

    I believe to be £0.05 per point on DJI

    With IG on SB, min pos size on DJI is …

    1.   £0.20 per point on Live.
      2.  £1.00 per point on Demo.
    01/03/2025 at 7:57 PM #242126 quote
    Leo440
    Participant
    New

    Thanks for the reply GH….Is there somewhere I can see that in PRT? I have been working from what IG has on their browser platform so far and they have 0.5 on demo and 0.05 on live for dji

    01/03/2025 at 9:01 PM #242128 quote
    GraHal
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    Master

    IG have a ‘reduced minimum pos size’ for 1 month after opening an account.

    https://www.ig.com/uk/reduced-minimums

    Ispent 5 mins or so trying to find a link for you to IG’s ‘standard position sizes’ (applied after the first 1 month) … I could not find a link for you, sorry.

    Here is a link to the type of info you need (link below is for CFD’s).

    https://a.c-dn.net/c/content/dam/publicsites/1627463062749/igcom/sg/files/product_module/ProductDetails/Indices/Contract%20Details%20-%20IG%20Wall%20Street.pdf

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    01/03/2025 at 9:12 PM #242130 quote
    Leo440
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    GraHal wrote:

    IG have a ‘reduced minimum pos size’ for 1 month after opening an account.

    Aha! That will be why. You’ll recall from another thread I only recently opened my SB account.

    Thanks for your help!

    Leo

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Minimum size discrepancy


ProOrder: Automated Strategies & Backtesting

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Started: 01/03/2025
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