Kris S.

Hi, I've moved from TWS to DAS at the beginning of October, and I am experiencing strange behaviour of DAS. I've been still on the Demo account. Being more specific, sometimes when have an open position, DAS does not allow me to put STOP or limit orders for that position. The error message I get is "Not enough buying power". It happens usually when I have more than one position open and the orders I want to place exceed the avaialble buying power left. It seems that DAS tries to utilize my Buying Power Limit whenever I am placing LIMIT and STOP orders for positions being open. Is this an error of DAS?? Orders used to close the existing position should not utilize the buying power, I guess. Here are some of the hotkeys I use for placing stop and limit orders whenever I manage open positions. STOP for short positions: sets a stop order in the place of double click on the chart ROUTE=STOP;StopType=Market;StopPrice=Price;Share=Pos;TIF=DAY+;BUY=Send; ('Price' variable gets filled with the price retreived from the chart after double click on a place where I want to put my stop order) LIMIT orders for short positions: - defines limit order(20%) in the place of double click on the chart Route=Limit;Share=Pos*0.2;TIF=DAY+;Sell=Load ('Price' variable gets filled with the price retreived from the chart after double click on a place where I want to put my limit order) I will be greatfull for a comment. Is this normal behaviour of DAS? Is this happening also on the real account with IB?

This may prove useull for anyone willing to submit two orders at the same time, where one order is dependant on the other. The following syntax can be used to submit a limit order and stop loss at the same time: Sample order to buy 100 shares and submit a stop loss 10 cents below the entry price: ROUTE=LIMIT;Price=Ask+0.05 ;Share=100 ;TIF=DAY+;Buy=Send;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:MARKET ACT:SELL STOPPRICE:AvgCost-0.10 QTY:Pos TIF:DAY+; It's best to use "TriggerOrder" keyword. It is responsible for sending the second order only after the first one has been already executed.