Hi, I just cracked open IB's DDE. Anyone plug conditional orders into it? I would love to figure out how to make a trade on security if another hits a specific price. thanks
You can do that on the TWS directly. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/orderTypesMatrix.php?ib_entity=llc Scroll down to conditional.
thanks steve, but i need to automate. what i reall want to do is have a conditional order that triggers another set of "if-filled" conditionals. thanks
There is a Conditional Order page on the sample spreadsheet. Check the Interactive Tour page which deals with Conditional orders, there is an if filled example there...hope this helps. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/API_Tour.html