Minimum size discrepancy

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01/03/2025 at 3:07 PM #242117 quote
Leo440
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Junior
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
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Junior

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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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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Junior

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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