What is maximum number of conditions you can enter, for a trade to execute 'automatically'?

[Rookster]

I have worked through 9 (nine) conditions for a 'set up' , to trade one of the futures [thirty minute time frame] [trend indicator, EMA, etc. , etc ] that ROCKS! .

I click on the little asterisk, have all the nine conditions pre-copied/paste 'em in and WHEN IT TAKES IT ALL....AND 'WORKS'

-it makes money every trade

>>THE PROBLEM is, it does not always execute the trade 'properly'.

I have been on CS with ThinkSwim for long periods of time, often, trying to get explanation(s) why it's not doing what I enter..and I have just got to the point where I think nine conditions, for the system, is "to much"...

and that is why the conditions, although listed plainly, just do not always "trigger" properly

???

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Can anybody help?

What "real world' knowledge/experience does anybody have 'maxing out their system?

>> What is the maximum number of conditions I can enter,,,that won't "screw up" ??

 

[merryDay]

There are strategies on this forum that use up to a hundred conditions that "trigger properly".
The number of conditions in of themselves would not cause an issue.
You are limited to 200 lines of code in a conditional order.
The workaround is to create a script; save it as a study; reference the study in the condition wizard.

 

[halcyonguy]

I have worked through 9 (nine) conditions for a 'set up' , to trade one of the futures [thirty minute time frame] [trend indicator, EMA, etc. , etc ] that ROCKS! .

I click on the little asterisk, have all the nine conditions pre-copied/paste 'em in and WHEN IT TAKES IT ALL....AND 'WORKS'

-it makes money every trade



I have been on CS with ThinkSwim for long periods of time, often, trying to get explanation(s) why it's not doing what I enter..and I have just got to the point where I think nine conditions, for the system, is "to much"...

and that is why the conditions, although listed plainly, just do not always "trigger" properly

What "real world' knowledge/experience does anybody have 'maxing out their system?

you are not thoroughly describing where you are using your code.

are you trying to add your code as a condition on an order?
sorry, i am not familiar with them.

thinkScript in Conditional Orders
https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/...Order-Types/thinkScript-in-Conditional-Orders

 

[10basetom]

I've been using study-based orders in live trading for years and am aware of the various gotchas in live orders (e.g., CompoundValue() and BarNumber() cannot be used). However, recently I encountered a case where my live study-based order didn't execute, so I opened a ticket. The ticket eventually got escalated to pretty high up, and this was their reply:

One of the scripters on staff was able to review your script regarding your conditional order. He stated that it looks like it failed to trigger because of how the conditional order was constructed, from a saved order template. Scripts greater than 200 characters in length will not work in saved order templates and will require manually building out the condition on each order.

Both scripts you provided to us contain this icon (as seen in the attached screen shot) indicating complex scripts and greater load times can occur. These wouldn’t be very suitable for conditional orders as it may not trigger immediately when the arrow appears. There are a ton of calculations being run in the script and the fold function, both will slow it down. You would need to simplify these scripts if wanting more reliable triggers and would need to manually add the condition.

I couldn't believe what I read because I've seen live orders executed using order templates where the studies were thousands of characters long. Is this a recent policy change? What are some of your experiences lately using study-based conditions in live orders?

 

[useThinkScript]

I've been using study-based orders in live trading for years and am aware of the various gotchas in live orders (e.g., CompoundValue() and BarNumber() cannot be used). However, recently I encountered a case where my live study-based order didn't execute, so I opened a ticket. The ticket eventually got escalated to pretty high up, and this was their reply:



I couldn't believe what I read because I've seen live orders executed using order templates where the studies were thousands of characters long. Is this a recent policy change? What are some of your experiences lately using study-based conditions in live orders?

It can be hit or miss when using longer scripts.
But the official party line, dating back to the tasty trade days, has always been

You are limited to 200 lines of code in a conditional order.

The workaround is to create a script; save it as a custom study; reference the study in the condition wizard.