Two strategies on the same instrument

• 08/19/2017 at 11:08 PM #44237
  Abz

  Hello

   

  How does Pro realtime behave if you are running two different strategies on the same instrument, for example strategy 1 opens Long position and after 1 hour strategi 2 opens 1 short position, will the long position be closed?

   

  

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  08/20/2017 at 10:09 AM #44241
  Despair

  This is no problem. The one does not affect the other.

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  08/20/2017 at 4:07 PM #44254
  juanj

  @despair why would proorder operate different to manual positions? Because if I open a long position manually and later open a short position of the same contract size and instrument. The first position is closed?

  

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  08/20/2017 at 5:14 PM #44255
  Despair

  Hmmm I do not know. This is what I thought. I run on several instruments both long and short strategies simultaneously or simply completely different strategies on the same instrument that both trade one and short but as you mention it I think I never actually wittnessned that they were holding positions at the same time of opposite gender but I’m not 100% sure (it might have happened and I missed it). I at least never experienced that one strategy affects the other in any way. I always thought of them like running in a sandbox.

  But sure, I might be wrong. Maybe Nicolas knows the answer?

  

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  08/21/2017 at 10:21 AM #44277
  Nicolas

  ProOrder can’t manage opposite orders. You are long or you are short, but not long/short at the same time. So the best you can do is to create 2 different strategies to manage each position type, they will operate at the same time if you want them to do so.

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  08/21/2017 at 11:00 AM #44284
  Despair

  So the answer is that it IS possible to hold long and short of the same instrument at the same time as long it is two different strategies (like I thought)?

  It must be like that because I’m running several strategies on the same instrument and they don’t affect each other.

  

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  08/21/2017 at 11:44 AM #44292
  Abz

  yes that asnwear my question. Thanks all

  

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