Simple Automated Profit Taking Script in IB

Discussion in 'Automated Trading' started by virtualmoney, Apr 11, 2008.

  1. I was wondering if anyone is able to program a simple automated profit taking script for me in IB platform?

    When the top row 'TOTAL' & column that says "unrealized P & L" hits a certain value N, activate the order "close all positions" as seen under <orders> menu on top,
    that's all the script needs to do.

    Another question is do I have to open IB platform 24/5 in a Virtual Private Server concurrently with such a script or is there already an automated way IB allows us to carry out such a task?
     
  2. You don't need a script to do it. You can do this by attached a Sell limit order.
     
  3. Attach Sell limit order to what? Please elaborate.