shell/commandline style order entry

Hello
Relatively new to automated trading

Is there a good API or program to do commandline/shell script style order entries, without needing to compile or code my own from scratch?

example -

# order buy 100 xyz market; order stoploss 50 xyz 1; order stoploss 50 xyz 2

would send a buy order for 100 shares of xyz at the market and immediately also send a stoploss order to sell 50 shares when shares down 1% and stoploss sell the other 50 remaining when shares down 2%

i believe this is much better than point/clicking especially in a fast market

thanks

 

For the IB API there is Trading Shim:

http://www.trading-shim.org/

Whenever I have built an OMS, I've included a socket-based command-line administrative interface that also supports orders, cancels, modifies, etc. -- basically one large case statement. Rolling your own is not that difficult.

 

here's an orderloader for IB

 

What platform and who are you executing through?

Every "automated" system I have ever encountered runs on its own. If you are looking for a DR or "oh sh*t" type of thing I'd suggest a GUI or a phone call stating "get me flat" to your broker.