Recent Content by flying_dutchman

  1. How to reverse a position in a bracket order when profit taker is hit?

    Thanks! That's what I was hoping for...I'll have to test it first in a paper account just to confirm. I'm thinking I can stimulate a bracket order...
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 25, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. How to reverse a position in a bracket order when profit taker is hit?

    I'm starting to realize that...when I try to write trading code that's readable, re-usable, etc. it actually does the opposite. I've given up on...
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 25, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  3. How to reverse a position in a bracket order when profit taker is hit?

    Yup, that's exactly it. I'm developing an automated trading bot. Basically, I'd like to put as much of the order management on IB's servers as...
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 25, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  4. How to reverse a position in a bracket order when profit taker is hit?

    You make it sound like most people don't short stocks. Is this true? I don't have as much trading experience as you do so I don't know. I would be...
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 25, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  5. How to reverse a position in a bracket order when profit taker is hit?

    Hm what condition type are you referring to? I'm familiar with the price and time conditions. Ideally, I would like to put a single order (sell...
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 25, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  6. How to reverse a position in a bracket order when profit taker is hit?

    I tried that already and it didn't work. In a bracket order, the parent and child orders all need to have the same quantity. I also want to submit...
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 25, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  7. How to reverse a position in a bracket order when profit taker is hit?

    Right but I want to do it as a group, in an automated fashion. So if the order to sell 10 long shares does not execute for whatever reason, I...
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 25, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  8. How to reverse a position in a bracket order when profit taker is hit?

    It's a bracket order. https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/orders/bracket.php Parent is the main order. In a typical bracket order, the...
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 25, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  9. How to reverse a position in a bracket order when profit taker is hit?

    If I understand you correctly, you're saying create a parent order with a child order to sell 10 shares. Then a child of that child to sell 10...
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 25, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  10. How to reverse a position in a bracket order when profit taker is hit?

    Hope everyone is having a nice holiday weekend. Let's say I have a long position in APPL with 10 shares and the current price is 100. When the...
    Thread by: flying_dutchman, Dec 25, 2022, 25 replies, in forum: Interactive Brokers

  11. Rules for MOC orders

    I think you're right. I dug into the rule books for both NYSE Arca and NYSE and this is what I found: For NYSE Arca, the closing auction...
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 11, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  12. Rules for MOC orders

    Ah okay so there's no guarantee your MOC order will be executed if you submit it after 15:50. Thank you.
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 11, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  13. Rules for MOC orders

    Yup, that was a typo. MOC, not MOO. Sorry about that.
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 10, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  14. Rules for MOC orders

    True but the IB link referred to the rules as "NYSE markets rules" not "IB rules". I sent IB a message about this last week but they still haven't...
    Post by: flying_dutchman, Dec 10, 2022 in forum: Interactive Brokers