Position size in automated trading

• 10/28/2020 at 9:41 PM #148829
  bob74

  I have written code to trade currencies and when backtesting everything works correctly however, when testing code in paper trading PRT position size is nearly always 1. How can I increase the position size?

  

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  10/28/2020 at 9:45 PM #148830
  GraHal

  Are you

  1.   Coding as Buy 10 Contracts …. if you want  position size = 10?
  2. Entering 10 as the max position size when you start an Algo in ProOrder?  If you want position size = 10?
  3. What position size do you want in Paper Trading??

  

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  10/28/2020 at 10:07 PM #148831
  bob74

  Hi,

  I am trading forex and have tried lots and contracts with the same outcome (position size 1).

  I have tried setting the max position size to 10, 100, 1000 etc. with the same outcome.

  I would like a position size of 1 lot.

   

  

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  10/28/2020 at 10:20 PM #148833
  GraHal

  bob74 wrote:

  I would like a position size of 1 lot.

  bob74 wrote:

  in paper trading PRT position size is nearly always 1.

  I must be misunderstanding what you are saying?

  Position size = 1 Lot = 1 Contract (of whatever size Contract you have chosen)?

  Or are we talking here Lot, miniLot and microLot?? 🙂

  

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  10/28/2020 at 10:29 PM #148838
  bob74

  just forex 1 lot=100 000 of currency

  

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  10/29/2020 at 12:35 PM #148894
  GraHal

  So are you all sorted now if you follow instructions above?

   

   

  

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