I am having major problems with study-driven conditional orders. To put it in perspective, I'm talking about hundreds of orders, not a single order that got missed. I've been working on this for 18 hours a day for five days. I think I have read every post on the subject on this and other forums. I have removed code that wasn't necessary. I have changed the code so that I have one study for longs and one study for shorts. I have tried entering the orders from scratch as well as loading saved orders. When using saved orders, I have taken the time to edit them (with no changes) because some users report that doing so helps. I'm primarily working with a version of one of the "transition" studies available here. But the problem exists even with a simple moving average crossover.
Here is what I'm trying to do, although I have tried dozens of variations. I start with (say) a "buy" order conditional on a study being "true". That order will trigger a "sell" order. I repeat this process until I have the maximum of 8 orders. I should mention that it DOESN'T MATTER if I am using my live account or my SIM account.
I have tried alternating buy/sell orders.... buy 1, sell 2, buy 2, sell 2, buy 2, sell 1. the first problem is that most of the time, the first order won't trigger. Of course, that means that the rest of the orders won't trigger, which is probably a good thing. I also tried a daisychain of only sell orders to hedge my long stock positions when the market heads south. That results in a chain that looks like "sell to open, buy to close, sell to open, buy to close, etc." I should mention that I am trading mostly /YM, /ES and /YM futures. But it doesn't matter what I'm trading.
I am working with a good friend in the States with a sizeable account, meaning that he has more "clout" with TDA than I do. He lost a sizeable amount yesterday due to this glitch. We both know to use SIM accounts in the first instance, but numerous others told us that the problem doesn't occur when trading a live account. Rubbish!!!
In any event, he is putting a lot of pressure on TDA to find and fix this problem. He has been told that it is a priority with their development team. But, if you are experiencing similar problems, it would be a huge help if you could lodge a ticket with your favourite support person so we can get this fixed.
If you have some things we could try, please let me know.
Here is what I'm trying to do, although I have tried dozens of variations. I start with (say) a "buy" order conditional on a study being "true". That order will trigger a "sell" order. I repeat this process until I have the maximum of 8 orders. I should mention that it DOESN'T MATTER if I am using my live account or my SIM account.
I have tried alternating buy/sell orders.... buy 1, sell 2, buy 2, sell 2, buy 2, sell 1. the first problem is that most of the time, the first order won't trigger. Of course, that means that the rest of the orders won't trigger, which is probably a good thing. I also tried a daisychain of only sell orders to hedge my long stock positions when the market heads south. That results in a chain that looks like "sell to open, buy to close, sell to open, buy to close, etc." I should mention that I am trading mostly /YM, /ES and /YM futures. But it doesn't matter what I'm trading.
I am working with a good friend in the States with a sizeable account, meaning that he has more "clout" with TDA than I do. He lost a sizeable amount yesterday due to this glitch. We both know to use SIM accounts in the first instance, but numerous others told us that the problem doesn't occur when trading a live account. Rubbish!!!
In any event, he is putting a lot of pressure on TDA to find and fix this problem. He has been told that it is a priority with their development team. But, if you are experiencing similar problems, it would be a huge help if you could lodge a ticket with your favourite support person so we can get this fixed.
If you have some things we could try, please let me know.