Issue setting up Hotkey for Sell bracket order

Discussion in 'Interactive Brokers' started by MarcT, Jan 28, 2023.

  1. MarcT

    MarcT

    I am a starting trader and trying to set-up TWS in a demo account.
    What I try to accomplish is a Button or hotkey for Sell order with a bracket for Stop Loss and Take Profit. For a Buy order this is working OK, but for a Sell order TWS seems to mix up the TP and SL.

    For instance a Sell order at $27,00:
    Stop Loss -0.10c
    Take Profit 0.20c
    I would expect a BUY STP at $27.10 and a Buy Limit at $26.80.
    TWS execution results in: upload_2023-1-28_9-49-28.png

    Am I wrong in what to expect?
    Or dit I made a mistake in the setup of the Button?

    upload_2023-1-28_9-51-4.png

    P.S. When using the Order Entry screen instead of the button/hotkey the following orders appear on screen: upload_2023-1-28_9-59-18.png
     
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  2. schizo

    schizo

    Take a look at this video

     
  3. MarcT

    MarcT

    Hi Schizo, thanks for your reply.
    I've seen that video before my original post and it helped me to set-up the Buy order. That works fine (as I wrote), but the point is that for a sell order this doesn't seem to work.