One hotkey to exit position regardless of type/direction

[Jake 0]

Is it possible to make one hotkey that sells when you are long and covers when you are short?

I keep on getting my exit keys confused and adding into the trade when I should be decreasing my shares. 

Two examples of my exit hotkeys are below.  Is it possible to dynamically change the Send syntax to SELL or BUY depending on the position you are holding and making two keys into just one?

Sell Full Position

ROUTE=LIMIT;Share=Pos;Price=Bid-.10;TIF=DAY+;SELL=Send;CXL ALLSYMB

Cover Full Position

ROUTE=LIMIT;Share=Pos;Price=Ask+0.10;TIF=DAY+;BUY=Send;CXL ALLSYMB

[Jake 0]

Thanks, that's a good idea in an emergency but I take partials also.  I posted my full exit hotkey for simplicity sake.  

[KyleK29 257]

You wouldn't be able to do it as bid-.10 or ask+.10. But you can do something like this.

 

ROUTE=LIMIT;Share=Pos;Price=Ask+Bid;Price=Price/2;TIF=DAY+;Send=Reverse;CXL ALLSYMB

 

^^ That will sell/cover all your shares at the midpoint between the ask and bid. It will also clear any Open Orders for the symbol.

Edited July 30, 2020 by KyleK29

[Jake 0]

Is there a chance that the order would not get filled?  

[Brian 1]

If your willing to take partials using market orders you can, just change LIMIT to MARKET and leave out the 'Price' bit, as here you don't need to specify the bid or ask, the script below for instance will partial 25% of your position whether you are long or short.   

CXL ALLSYMB;ROUTE=MARKET;Share=Pos*.25;TIF=DAY+;Send=Reverse;

I'm very new to BBT and trading in general, so maybe I'm missing something, but it seems to work fine for me.

On a different note, thanks Kyle for your dollar risk hotkeys they've helped me alot.

Edited August 6, 2020 by Brian
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[Jake 0]

That's helpful.  Thank you.  

I'm almost getting used to my hotkeys now but I'm still making mistakes so I will try this approach.

[dwarsco 0]

i think this would do it 

CXL ALLSYMB;ROUTE=MARKET;Share=Pos;TIF=DAY+;Send=Reverse