Stop and limits for cumulated positions are different from what the manual says

• 09/13/2023 at 2:44 PM #220943
  XORANDNOT

  The manual says the following for cumulated positions :

  “Note on stops and target levels while CumulateOrders is active: If you use the instructions to set a stop
  loss, trailing stop or profit target with cumulate orders activated, the level is calculated based on your
  positions average entry price and is recalculated each time the position’s quantity is modified.”

   

  But this is not so in reality. For example, if you have a trading system that holds 2 long positions in DAX, 1 at 16.000, the other at 16.005 and place stop and limits, both at 20 points using “set stop loss” and “set target profit”, the system will place stops at 15980 and 15985 and limits at 16020 and 16025. It will not use the average positionprice of 16002.5 for the placement of stops and limits, as the manual indicates.

  

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  09/13/2023 at 4:42 PM #220972
  PeterSt

  Hi,

  Maybe the manual is 100 or so years old, while the multiple Stop/Target functionality is new. Notice that there is a new (kind of) manual since the beginning of this year. Whether this new functionality already existed at that time … critical.

  I am not sure how to refer to this functionality. It may even be available in V12 only. But, you are using it, right ?
  Possibly it is a setting. I would be daft if this behavior was changed while our running codes make use of it.

  Maybe others know more/better ? I think @JC_Bywan is good at these matters.

  

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  09/14/2023 at 7:28 PM #221055
  XORANDNOT

  “Note on stops and target levels while CumulateOrders is active: If you use the instructions to set a stop
  loss, trailing stop or profit target with cumulate orders activated, the level is calculated based on your
  positions average entry price and is recalculated each time the position’s quantity is modified.”

   

  It is the text from the latest manual V 6.0.1 – 20230103.

  

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