Averaging trades on Interactive Brokers

Discussion in 'Order Execution' started by jayr95241, Dec 10, 2018.

  1. Is there a way to place a trade on Interactive Brokers that will only execute if a trade goes a certain percentage in my favor?

    For example, If I buy 100 shares of XYZ at $10....Is there a way to place a trade that will purchase more shares once the trade goes 5% in my favor and hits $10.50?
     
  2. Robert Morse

    Robert Morse Sponsor

    Does it have to be a percentage? On our platforms, you can enter a stop or stop limit to open. I assume that will work with IB too. Buy 100 XYZ 10.50 Stop.
     
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  3. guru

    guru

    IB has a feature for averaging down, selling at profit, then averaging down again. But I'm not aware of averaging up, except for stop limit orders that Robert mentioned.
     
  4. Thanks, do you know the name of the feature for averaging down?
     
  5. guru

    guru

    Scale Trader.
     
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  6. qlai

    qlai

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  7. d08

    d08

    Attach a conditional (XYZ >= 10.50) order to your original order.